by John Skelton (1460 - 1529)
With margerain gentle
Language: English
With margerain gentle, The flower of goodlihead, Embroidered the mantle Is of your maidenhead. Plainly I cannot glose; Ye be, as I divine, The pretty primrose, The goodly columbine. Benign, courteous, and meek, With wordes well devised; In you, who list to seek, Be virtues well comprised. With margerain gentle, The flower of goodlihead, Embroidered the mantle Is of your maidenhead.
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Gloss: margerain = marjoramText Authorship:
- by John Skelton (1460 - 1529), "To Mistress Margery Wentworth" [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 Geoffrey Bush (1920 - 1998), "With margerain gentle", 1976 [ tenor and soprano ], from A Little Love Music, no. 4 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Bernard van Dieren (1887 - 1936), "With margerain gentle", published 1925 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Bernard van Dieren (1887 - 1936), "With margerain gentle" [ vocal duet a cappella ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by John Theodore Livingston Raynor (1909 - 1970), "With Margerain Gentle", op. 358 (1952) [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
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This text was added to the website: 2008-07-26
Line count: 16
Word count: 61