two campion songs (2022) 7'

Libretto

words by Thomas Campion

1. come, my life’s delight
come, o come, my life’s delight
let me not in languor pine
love loves no delay; the sight
the more enjoyed, the more divine
o come, and take from me
the pain of being deprived of thee
thou all sweetness dost enclose
like a little world of bliss
beauty guards thy looks: the rose
in them pure and eternal is
come, then and make thy flight
as swift to me, as heavenly light

2. what is a day
what is a day, what is a year
of vain delight and pleasure?
like to a dream it endless dies
and from us like a vapor flies
and this is all the fruit we find
which glory in worldly treasure
he that will hope for true delight
with virtue must be graced
sweet folly yields a bitter taste
which ever will appear at last
but if we still in virtue delight
our souls are in heaven placed