by Anonymous / Unidentified Author
Flora gave me fairest flowers
Language: English
Flora gave me fairest flowers, None so fair in Flora's treasure These I placed on Phillis' bowers She was pleased, and she my pleasure. Smiling meadows seem to say Come ye wantons, here to play.
Authorship:
- by Anonymous / Unidentified Author [author's text not yet checked 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 John Wilbye (1574 - 1638), "Flora gave me fairest flowers", published 1598 [vocal quintet], from the collection First Set of English Madrigals, no. 22, madrigal [text verified 1 time]
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website: 2004-12-08
Line count: 6
Word count: 35