Why I tie about thy wrist, Julia, this my silken twist; For what other reason is't, But to show thee how, in part, Thou my pretty captive art? But thy bondslave is my heart; 'Tis but silk that bindeth thee, Knap the thread and thou art free: But 'tis otherwise with me; I am bound, and fast bound, so That from thee I cannot go; If I could, I would not so.
To Julia
Song Cycle by Roger Quilter (1877 - 1953)
1. The bracelet  [sung text checked 1 time]
Authorship:
- by Robert Herrick (1591 - 1674), "The bracelet to Julia"
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Researcher for this page: Paul Hindemith2. The maiden blush  [sung text checked 1 time]
So look the mornings when the sun Paints them with fresh vermilion: So cherries blush, and Kathern pears, And apricocks in youthful years; So corals look more lovely red, And rubies lately polished: So purest diaper doth shine, Stain'd by the beams of claret wine: As Julia looks when she doth dress Her either cheek with bashfulness.
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- by Robert Herrick (1591 - 1674), appears in The Hesperides
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Researcher for this page: Paul Hindemith3. To Daisies  [sung text checked 1 time]
Shut not so soon; the dull-eyed night Has not as yet begun To make a seizure on the light, Or to seal up the sun. No marigolds yet closed are; No shadows great appear; Nor doth the early shepherds' star Shine like a spangle here. Stay but till my Julia close Her life-begetting eye, And let the whole world then dispose Itself to live or die.
Authorship:
- by Robert Herrick (1591 - 1674), "To daisies, not to shut so soon"
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Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]4. The Night Piece  [sung text checked 1 time]
Her eyes the glow-worm lend thee, The shooting stars attend thee; And the elves also, Whose little eyes glow Like the sparks of fire, befriend thee. No Will-o'th'-Wisp mislight thee; Nor snake, or slow-worm bite thee: But on, on thy way Not making a stay, Since ghost there's none to affright thee. Let not the dark thee cumber: What though the moon does slumber? The stars of the night Will lend thee their light, Like tapers clear without number. Then Julia let me woo thee, Thus, thus to come unto me; And when I shall meet Thy silv'ry feet, My soul I'll pour into thee.
Authorship:
- by Robert Herrick (1591 - 1674), "The Night Piece, to Julia", appears in The Hesperides
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Confirmed with The Hesperides and Noble Numbers, edited by Alfred Pollard, with a preface by A.C. Swinburne, Volume II, London: Lawrence and Bullen; New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1891, pages 17-18.Research team for this page: Paul Hindemith , Sharon Krebs [Guest Editor]
5. Julia's hair  [sung text checked 1 time]
Dew sat on Julia's hair And spangled too, Like leaves that laden are With trembling dew: Or glittered to my sight, As when the beams Have their reflected light Danc'd by the streams.
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- by Robert Herrick (1591 - 1674), "Upon Julia's hair fill'd with dew"
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Researcher for this page: Paul Hindemith6. Cherry ripe  [sung text checked 1 time]
Cherry-ripe, ripe, ripe, I cry, Full and fair ones; come and buy. If [so]1 be you ask me where They do grow, I answer: There, Where my Julia's lips do smile; There's the land, or cherry-isle, Whose plantations fully show All the year where cherries grow.
Authorship:
- by Robert Herrick (1591 - 1674), "Cherry-ripe", appears in The Hesperides
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Researcher for this page: Paul Hindemith