I will not faith or love accuse - Oswald, James

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"Titled ''The Bold Attempt''. Written for performance at Ranelagh pleasure gardens and sung by Catherine (Kitty) Fourmantel."

⌛ Epoche → Barock ◈ Genre → Arias ♬ Besetzung → solo high ¶ Sprache → Englisch

Stimmen 1

Instrumente Basso continuo,violin

Seiten 3

CPDL Nr. 76043

Bearbeiter Christopher Shaw

Veröffentlicht 2023-10-04

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I will not faith or love accuse, Altho' my mistress me refuse, But blame my own unworthiness, That dar'd attempt so high a bliss. Too much it was for me to love One who was like the blest above; An angel's face, a syren's voice, Much too divine for human choice. Had I but wisely giv'n my heart, And only lov'd her but in part, Her hand, her lip, her cheek or eye, I might have liv'd, when now I die. But I, presuming all to choose, Am now condemn'd the whole to lose; Like Phaeton, I have soar'd too high, For which, alas, I fall, I die.