by Robert Herrick (1591 - 1674)
Come, come away
Language: English
Come, come away, Or let me go; Must I here stay Because y'are slow, And will continue so? Troth, lady, no. I scorn to be A slave to state: And, since I'm free, I will not wait Henceforth at such a rate For needy fate. If you desire My spark should glow, The peeping fire You must blow, Or I shall quickly grow To frost or snow.
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Confirmed with Robert Herrick, The Hesperides and Noble Numbers Edited by Alfred Pollard. London 1898
Text Authorship:
- by Robert Herrick (1591 - 1674), "Upon a delaying lady", appears in The Hesperides, no. 340 [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 Geoffrey Bush (1920 - 1998), "The Impatient Lover", 1949 [ baritone and piano ], from Four Songs from Herrick's 'Hesperides', no. 1 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Fritz Bennicke Hart (1874 - 1949), "Upon a delaying lady", op. 149 (Five songs) no. 3 (1941) [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
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This text was added to the website: 2009-01-30
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Word count: 67