by Robert Herrick (1591 - 1674)
I dare not ask a kiss
Language: English
Our translations: GER
I dare not ask a kiss,
I dare not beg a smile,
Lest having that, or this,
I might grow proud the while.
No, no, the utmost share
Of my desire shall be
Only to kiss that air
That lately kissed thee.
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Text Authorship:
- by Robert Herrick (1591 - 1674), "To Electra (IV)" [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 Phyllis Batchelor (1915 - 1999), "I dare not ask a kiss", copyright © 2018 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Gordon Ware Binkerd (1916 - 2003), "To Electra" [sung text not yet checked]
- by Petr Eben (1929 - 2007), "I dare not ask" [ voice and guitar ], from Písně k loutně, no. 2, confirmed with a CD booklet [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Muriel Emily Herbert (1897 - 1984), "I dare not ask a kiss" [ voice and piano ], confirmed with a CD booklet [sung text checked 1 time]
- by William Mayer (b. 1925), "To Electra" [ satb chorus a cappella ], from Four Madrigals, no. 4 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by (Gerald) Graham Peel (1878 - 1937), "I dare not ask a kiss", published 1905, from Camella. A Song Cycle in miniature. Eight Elizabethan Lyrics, London : Boosey & Co. [sung text not yet checked]
- by Roger Quilter (1877 - 1953), "To Electra", op. 7 no. 4 (c1905), published 1907 [ SATB chorus a cappella ], from Five Lyics of Robert Herrick, no. 4, Forsyth [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Roger Quilter (1877 - 1953), "I dare not ask a kiss", alternate title: "To Electra", op. 28 no. 3 (1925), published 1926 [ voice and piano ], from Five Jacobean Lyrics, no. 3, London, Boosey [sung text not yet checked]
- by Clara Kathleen Rogers (1844 - 1931), "I dare not ask", op. 26 (Six Songs) no. 3, published 1888 [ voice and piano ], Boston : Arthur P. Schmidt and Co. [sung text not yet checked]
- by Maude Valérie White (1855 - 1937), "To Electra", published 1881 [ voice and piano ], London: Stanley Lucas, Weber & Co. [sung text not yet checked]
- by Kate Douglas Wiggin (1856 - 1923), "To Electra", published 1891, from Nine love songs and a carol, no. 7 [sung text not yet checked]
- by (James) Healey Willan (1880 - 1968), "To Electra" [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- GER German (Deutsch) [singable] (Bertram Kottmann) , "An Elektra", copyright © 2007, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Researcher for this page: Bertram Kottmann
This text was added to the website: 2007-05-03
Line count: 8
Word count: 42