The rover reclaimed (Anonymous, set by T. Arne) (The Lied and Art Song Texts Page: Texts and Translations to Lieder, mélodies, canzoni, and other classical vocal music)


The rover reclaimed has oft with pride
Dissolved love's silken chains,
The wanton Deity defied
And scorn'd his sharpest pains.

But from thy form, resistless, stream
Such charms as must control;
In thee the fairest features
Beam the noblest, brightest soul.

Pleas'd in thy converse all the day,
Life's sand unheeded runs;
With thee I'll hail the rising ray
And talk down summer suns.

Our loves congenial, still the same,
With equal force shall shine;
No cloy'd desires can damp the flame
Which friendship will refine.

Input by John Glenn Paton

Authorship

Anonymous/Unidentified Artist

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive)

Thomas Augustine Arne (1710-1778)

Date added to the website: 2009-01-28.

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