by Edmund Spenser (1552 - 1599)
Sonnet LXX
Language: English
Fresh Spring, the herald of love’s mighty king, In whose coat-armour richly are displayed All sorts of flowers, the which on earth do spring, In goodly colours gloriously arrayed; Go to my love, where she is careless laid, Yet in her winter’s bower not well awake; Tell her the joyous time will not be stayed, Unless she do him by the forelock take; Bid her therefore herself soon ready make, To wait on Love amongst his lovely crew; Where every one, that misseth then her make, Shall be by him amerced with penance due. Make haste, therefore, sweet love, whilst it is prime; For none can call again the passed time.
Authorship:
- by Edmund Spenser (1552 - 1599), "Sonnet LXX", appears in Amoretti and Epithalamion [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Edmund Duncan Rubbra (1901 - 1986), "Sonnet LXX", op. 43 no. 2 (1935), published 1942 [ tenor and string quartet ], from Amoretti: Five Sonnets (Second Series), no. 2 [sung text not yet checked]
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This text was added to the website: 2022-01-31
Line count: 14
Word count: 111