by Robert Herrick (1591 - 1674)
Love: what it is
Language: English
Love is a circle, that doth restless move In the same sweet eternity of Love.
Authorship:
- by Robert Herrick (1591 - 1674), "Love, what it is" [author's text checked 1 time 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 Linton Gardner (1917 - 2011), "Love: what it is", op. 49 no. 5, published 1961 [ tenor, chorus, and orchestra ], from cantata Herrick Cantata, no. 5, Boston : E. C. Schirmer [sung text not yet checked]
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website: 2011-01-07
Line count: 2
Word count: 15