by Anonymous / Unidentified Author
Hail! Cloris, hail!
Language: English
Hail! Cloris, hail! Fair goddess of the Spring. Youth of the year, of thee still will we sing. Fresh queen of lakes, of lawns and bowers, Nurse of new loves and of new flowers. Hail! Fairest of Jove's seed. Only of thee That art earth's music, shall our music be. The echo, the birds, the wandering winds, that throw Through the air life's sovereign balsam as they blow, Shall with the lauds and zeal-begetting lays, Breathed by us hourly in thy praise, Feast the air, and teach the hills, rocks and woods to sing: Hail! Cloris, hail, fair goddess of the spring!
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 Walter Porter (1587 - 1659), "Hail! Cloris, hail!", published 1632. [text verified 1 time]
Researcher for this page: John Versmoren
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 12
Word count: 102