Cupid laid by his brand, and fell...
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Cupid laid by his brand, and fell asleep:
A maid of Dian's this advantage found,
And his love-kindling fire did quickly steep
In a cold valley-fountain of that ground;
Which borrow'd from this holy fire of Love
A dateless lively heat, still to endure,
And grew a seething bath, which yet men prove
Against strange maladies a sovereign cure.
But at my mistress' eye Love's brand new-fired,
The boy for trial needs would touch my breast;
I, sick withal, the help of bath desired,
And thither hied, a sad distemper'd guest,
But found no cure: the bath for my help lies
Where Cupid got new fire--my mistress' eyes.
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Set in
Russian,
adapted by
Samuil Yakovlevich Marschak (1887-1964)
RUS
Date added to the website: 2003-11-04.
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Bog Kupidon dremal v tishi lesnoj
Language:
Russian
Bog Kupidon dremal v tishi lesnoj,
A nimfa junaja u Kupidona
Vzjala gorjashchij fakel smoljanoj
I opustila v ruchejek studenyj.
Ogon' pogas, a v ruchejke voda
Nagrelas', zaburlila, zakipela.
I vot bol'nye skhodjatsja tuda
Lechit' kupan'em nemoshchnoje telo.
A mezhdu tem ljubvi lukavyj bog
Dobyl ogon' iz glaz mojej podrugi
I serdce mne dlja opyta podzheg.
O, kak s tekh por tomjat menja nedugi!
No iscelit' ih mozhet ne ruchej,
A tot zhe jad - ogon' jejo ochej.
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Authorship
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Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text),
listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive)
Date added to the website: 2003-11-04.
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