Song information On this page you can find the lyrics of the song Fortune My Foe, artist - Akercocke. Album song The Goat Of Mendes, in the genre Date of issue: 27.06.2005
Age restrictions: 18+
Record label: Peaceville
Song language: English
Fortune My Foe |
| Fortune, my foe, why dost thou frown on me? |
| And will thy favors never lighter be? |
| Wilt thou, I say, forever breed my pain? |
| And wilt thou not restore my joys again? |
| In vain I sigh, in vain I wail and weep, |
| In vain my eyes refrain from quiet sleep; |
| In vain I shed my tears both night and day; |
| In vain my love my sorrows do bewray. |
| Then will I leave my love in Fortune’s hands, |
| My dearest love, in most unconstant bands, |
| And only serve the sorrows due to me: |
| Sorrow, hereafter, thou shalt my Mistress be. |
| Ah, silly Soul art thou so sore afraid? |
| Mourn not, my dear, nor be not so dismayed. |
| Fortune cannot, with all her power and skill, |
| Enforce my heart to think thee any ill. |
| Live thou in bliss, and banish death to Hell; |
| All careful thoughts see thou from thee expel: |
| As thou dost wish, thy love agrees to be. |
| For proof thereof, behold, I come to thee. |
| Die not in fear, not live in discontent; |
| Be thou not slain where blood was never meant; |
| Revive again: to faint thou hast no need. |
| The less afraid, the better thou shalt speed. |