by Robert Herrick (1591 - 1674)
Here she lies, a pretty bud
Language: English
Here she lies, a pretty bud, Lately made of flesh and blood: Who as soon fell fast asleep As her little eyes did peep. Give her strewings but not stir The earth that lightly covers her.
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Authorship:
- by Robert Herrick (1591 - 1674), "Upon a child that died" [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 Robert Fairfax Birch (b. 1917), "Upon a child that died" [sung text not yet checked]
- by Fritz Bennicke Hart (1874 - 1949), "Upon a child that dyed", op. 23 (Twenty-one songs) no. 8 (1916) [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by John Theodore Livingston Raynor (1909 - 1970), "Epitaph Upon A Child That Died", op. 610 (1962) [sung text not yet checked]
- by Ned Rorem (1923 - 2022), "Epitaph (upon a Child that died)", from Flight For Heaven, no. 5 [sung text not yet checked]
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website: 2006-01-17
Line count: 6
Word count: 36