Some say thy fault is youth - Gray, Michael

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"Part of an on-going project to set the "Book of Sonnets" to SAB voicing."

⌛ Period → Contemporary ◈ Genre → Partsongs ♬ Voicing → SAB ¶ Language → English

Parts 3

Instruments Piano

Pages 8

CPDL # 59829

Editor Michael Gray

Posted 2020-07-22

License Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial No Derivatives

¶Lyrics / Text

Some say thy fault is youth, some wantonness, Some say thy grace is youth and gentle sport, Both grace and faults are lov'd of more or less: Thou mak'st faults graces that to thee resort: As on the finger of a throned Queen, The basest Jewel will be well esteem'd: So are those errors that in thee are seen, To truths translated, and for true things deem'd. How many Lambs might the stern Wolf betray, If like a Lamb he could his looks translate. How many gazers mightst thou lead away, If thou wouldst use the strength of all thy state? But do not so; I love thee in such sort, As thou being mine, mine is thy good report.