Love, thou art best of humane Joys

Title:

A Song

Primary Texts:

MS's: F-H 283, 86-7; Folger, 31.

Secondary Eds:

1713 Misc, 270; rpt of 1713: 1903 Reynolds, 131; rpt of 1903 Reynolds: 1930 Fausset, 61.

17C:

1693 Wright, 49-50; 1693 Gentleman's Journal (special issue entitled Lady's Journal ; 1694 Comes Amoris, 35-8 (set by Purcell); 1698 Purcell (Orpheus Britannicus), 39-41 (rpt 1706, 17- 19).

18C:

1724 The Hive I, 236.

20C:

Rpt of 1713/1903: 1928 Ault 460-1; 1949 Bax, 24.

Comment:

Curious flatness; another text which suggests F-H 283 represents a first version of a song; F-H 283 has no indentation; Folger indents lines 2 and 5; 1713 Misc follows; 1724 Hive follows 1713 Misc, with fewer capitals.
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