Rufus Wainwright - A Woman's Face (Sonnet 20) Lyrics






A woman's face with nature's own hand painted
Hast thou, the master mistress of my passion
A woman's gentle heart but not acquainted
With shifting change as is false women's fashion

An eye more bright than theirs less false in rolling
Gilding the object whereupon it gazeth
A man in hue all hues in his controlling
Which steals men's eyes and women's souls amazeth

And for a woman wert thou first created
Till Nature as she wrought thee fell a-doting
And by addition me of thee defeated
By adding one thing to my purpose nothing

But since she prick'd thee out for women's pleasure
Mine be thy love and thy love's use their treasure





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  1. I.... ....

    Superbe toujours et encore! bravo Rufus

  2. c.... a....

    perfeito.

  3. H.... C....

    The "soulless" beat: Gary Novak, born in 1969, is an American session drummer who has collaborated with numerous artists as varied as George Benson, Maynard Ferguson, Chick Corea Elektric Band II, Brandon Fields, Lee Ritenour, Michael McDonald, Natalie Cole, David Sanborn, Anita Baker, Andrew WK, Bob Berg, Allan Holdsworth, Robben Ford, Michael Landau, Eros Ramazzotti, Tiziano Ferro, Jimmy Haslip, Alanis Morissette and Travis Carlton. Son of jazz pianist Larry Novak.

  4. j.... '....

    12 fools came and went

  5. M.... P....

    A woman's face with nature's own hand painted
    Hast thou, the master mistress of my passion
    A woman's gentle heart but not acquainted
    With shifting change as is false women's fashion

    An eye more bright than theirs less false in rolling
    Gilding the object whereupon it gazeth
    A man in hue all hues in his controlling
    Which steals men's eyes and women's souls amazeth

    And for a woman wert thou first created
    Till Nature as she wrought thee fell a-doting
    And by addition me of thee defeated
    By adding one thing to my purpose nothing

    But since she prick'd thee out for women's pleasure
    Mine be thy love and thy love's use their treasure

  6. A.... V....

    2018 здесь)

  7. j.... ....

    I hate the first version of this on the album, love this version.

  8. I.... M....

    sublime

  9. A.... ....

    This one and the "Across the universe" video....we have moved on so far 😢😢

  10. P.... ....

    great song great artist and I loved the video! nice

  11. K.... P....

    238 likes? wtf este video tiene que tener mas de 1 millón de likes:v

  12. A.... G....

    I'll be honest, I can't gain anything from that production. Let it be Rufus alone who sings this track a-cappella, but not accompanied by this soulless beat that diminishes the beauty of the melody.

  13. A.... G....

    so touching and wonderful sounds

  14. D.... E....

    Es todo crappo.

  15. D.... E....

    Music to go HIV Positive by.

  16. l.... ....

    ¡guauuu!

  17. j.... ....

    🌻 brazil - justiça 🌹

    j.... ....

    ❤❤❤ virei fã!

    j.... ....

    brasil ♡

  18. A.... E....

    Rufus Wainwright hace un viaje al pasado, a su infancia cuando su madre le leía sonetos de Shakespeare. Es una inmersión íntima en aquellos recuerdos. En su nuevo disco, "Take all my loves", el cantautor neoyorquino pone música a nueve sonetos del poeta y dramaturgo inglés. Hay arreglos orquestales, ópera, rock, pop, cabaret y hasta electrónica. Shakespeare viaja por todo ese mundo sonoro de Rufus, en opinión del músico las palabras del poeta tiene la capacidad de trascender cualquier tiempo, hasta el punto de que admite interpretaciones modernas. En el disco colaboran desde su hermana Martha Wainwright a Florence Welsh o la soprano Anna Prohaska
    Rufus Wainwright ha evolucionado en los últimos años desde el pop barroco a la ópera, aunque no pretende asentarse en el mundo clásico, ni en ese 'establishment'. En julio vendrá a actuar al Teatro Real de Madrid. Otros dos recintos de ópera en Europa del este quieren programar su primera ópera "Prima Donna" y confiesa que está trabajando en otra ópera llamada "Hadrian", pero ha prometido que volverá a hacer discos pop de nuevo.
    Música independiente novedades.

  19. M.... S....

    es música nueva de Ruffus? porfa alguien me puede informar se lo agradezco🙏

  20. s.... d....

    Espera, Pense que el Era gay?

  21. s.... s....

    Genial !

  22. s.... g....

    Love it!

  23. L.... L....

    Wonderful! I love it!

  24. d.... ....

    Absolutely beautiful.

  25. M.... C....

    <3 RUFUS!!!!

  26. t.... ....

    Toujours du beau travail de Rufus! Quel artiste!

  27. F.... R....

    Te amo.

  28. K.... ....

    …great artists are like wine, they get better with age.

  29. a.... ....

    sweet tune!