William Lawes, in NYp Drexel MS 4041 no. 29 (fol. 21v-22) (=E02) (attrib: w
La), as a dialogue for two voices and thoroughbass
[modern spelling; there are several word substitutions and the final couplet
from stanza 1 is used for stanza 2, hence somewhat different from Davenant's
poem (given here below the version that Lawes set)]:
[Voice 1]
The lark now leaves his wat'ry Nest
And clining, shakes his dewy Wings.
He takes this Window for the east
And here to implore thy light, he sings.
Awake, awake, the morn will never rise
Till she can dress her beauties at thine eyes.
[Voice 2]
The merchant bows unto the seaman's star,
The ploughman from the sun his season takes,
But still the lover wonders who they are
That hopes for day but when his mistress wakes.
[chorus]
Awake, awake, the morn will never rise
Till she can dress her beauties at thine eyes.
[From my edition, Part 2, lyrics p. xxvii; music pp. 38-39.]
Sir William Davenant, Works, 1673 (Poems on Several Occasions, Never before
Printed, 1672), p. 320 [Sig. Ss verso]:
Song
The Lark now leaves his watry Nest
And climbing, shakes his dewy Wings;
He takes this Window for the East;
And to implore your Light, he Sings,
Awake, awake, the Morn will never rise,
Till she can dress her Beauty at your Eies.
The Merchant bowes unto the Seamans Star,
The Ploughman from the Sun his Season takes;
But still the Lover wonders what they are,
Who look for day before his Mistress wakes.
Awake, awake, break through your Vailes of Lawne!
Then draw your Curtains, and begin the Dawne.
Modern editions of the poem in Sir William Davenant, The Shorter Poems, and
Songs from the Plays and Masques. Edited by A.M. Gibbs (Oxford: Clarendon
Press, 1972), 173, and the music 290-292, with the music for Wilson's settings
322-324, and 325-330 (notes pp. 425-426); Elise Bickford Jorgens, editor,
English Song, 1600-1675: Facsimiles of Twenty-six Manuscripts and an Edition of
the Texts. 12 vols. (New York: Garland Publishing, Inc., 1986-89), XII 234
(notes p. 512); The New Oxford Book Of Seventeenth Century Verse. Edited by
Alastair Fowler (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1992), no. 484 (pp. 389-390);
The Oxford Book Of Seventeenth Century Verse. Chosen by H.J.C. Grierson and G.
Bullough (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1934), 434; Norman Ault, editor, Seventeenth
Century Lyrics from the Original Texts [Second edition] (London: Longmans,
Green and Co., 1950), 290.
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From: Jose Luis Rojo [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Tue 8/28/2007 11:51 AM
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Subject: [LUTE] Words of Lawes The Lark
Hello all,
Please, has somebody the complete words of the Lawes Song "The Lark"?
Thanks.
Best wishes,
Jose LUis
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