[ ... ] [My beloved spake, and said unto me]2, Rise up, my love, my fair one, and come away. For, lo, the winter is past, the rain is over and gone; the flowers appear on the earth; the time of the singing of birds is come, and the voice of the turtle is heard in our land; the fig tree putteth forth her green figs, and the vines with the tender grape give a good smell. Arise, my love, my fair one, and come away. O my dove, that art in the clefts of the rock, in the secret places of the stairs, let me see thy countenance, let me hear thy voice; for sweet is thy voice, and thy countenance is comely. [ ... ]
Rise up, my love
Song Cycle by Howard Skempton (b. 1947)
1. Rise up, my love  [sung text checked 1 time]
Language: English
Authorship:
- by Bible or other Sacred Texts , no title, appears in Song of Songs of Solomon / Canticle of Canticles (KJV), no. 2
Based on:
- a text in Latin by Bible or other Sacred Texts , no title, appears in Canticum Canticorum Salomonis (Song of Songs of Solomon), no. 2
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View original text (without footnotes)1 omitted by La Montaine (the setting ends "...among the sons.")
2 omitted by Skempton.
3 omitted by Purcell, with "Alleluia" appended. (The setting ends "... and I am his. Alleluia.")
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2. How fair is thy love  [sung text checked 1 time]
Language: English
[ ... ] How fair is thy love, my sister, my spouse! how much better is thy love than wine! and the smell of thine ointments than all spices! [ ... ]
Authorship:
- by Bible or other Sacred Texts , no title, appears in Song of Songs of Solomon / Canticle of Canticles (KJV), no. 4
Based on:
- a text in Latin by Bible or other Sacred Texts , appears in Canticum Canticorum Salomonis (Song of Songs of Solomon), no. 4
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Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]3. My beloved is gone down  [sung text checked 1 time]
Language: English
[ ... ] My beloved is gone down into his garden, to the beds of spices, to feed in the gardens, and to gather lilies. I am my beloved's, and my beloved is mine: he feedeth among the lilies. [ ... ]
Authorship:
- by Bible or other Sacred Texts , no title, appears in Song of Songs of Solomon / Canticle of Canticles (KJV), no. 6
Based on:
- a text in Latin by Bible or other Sacred Texts , no title, appears in Canticum Canticorum Salomonis (Song of Songs of Solomon), no. 6
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Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]4. How fair and how pleasant  [sung text checked 1 time]
Language: English
[ ... ] How fair and how pleasant art thou, O love, for delights! [ ... ] I am my beloved's, and his desire is toward me. [ ... ]
Authorship:
- by Bible or other Sacred Texts , no title, appears in Song of Songs of Solomon / Canticle of Canticles (KJV), no. 7
Based on:
- a text in Latin by Bible or other Sacred Texts , no title, appears in Canticum Canticorum Salomonis (Song of Songs of Solomon), no. 7
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