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


My bliss too long my bride denies,
Apace the wafting summer flies,
Nor yet the wintry blasts I fear,
Nor storms or night shall keep me here.

What may for strength with steel compare?
Oh love, has fetters stronger far;
By bolts of steel are limbs confin'd,
But cruel love enchains the mind.

No longer then perplex thy breast
When thoughts torment, the first are best.
'Tis mad to go, 'tis death to stay.
Away, my Jesse, haste away.

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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