Ah! cruel nymph (Anonymous, set by H. Purcell) (The Lied and Art Song Texts Page: Texts and Translations to Lieder, mélodies, canzoni, and other classical vocal music)


Ah! cruel nymph! you give despair,
When with delight I should approach thee,
Still with Sylvia you reproach me,
Still with that deluding fair.

Too long I own, she has maintain'd
Her conquest when her love was feign'd.
But charming, airy, humorous and gay,
You from my eyes have driven the mist away.

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Henry Purcell (1658/9-1695)

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