Five Songs for Voice and Pianoforte , opus 166

by Fritz Bennicke Hart (1874 - 1949)

1. A vow to Minerva  [sung text not yet checked]

Language: English 
Goddess, I begin an art;
Come thou in, with thy best part
For to make the texture lie
Each way smooth and civilly;
And a broad-fac'd owl shall be
Offer'd up with vows to thee.

Text Authorship:

Go to the general single-text view

2. Upon his gray hairs  [sung text not yet checked]

Language: English 
Fly me not, though I be gray,
Lady, this I know you'll say;
Better look the roses red,
When with white commingled.
Black your hairs are; mine are white;
This begets the more delight,
When things meet most opposite;
As in pictures we descry
Venus standing Vulcan by.

Text Authorship:

Go to the general single-text view

3. Upon her eyes  [sung text not yet checked]

Language: English 
Clear are her eyes,
Like purest skies,
Discovering from thence
A baby there
That turns each sphere,
Like an Intelligence.

Text Authorship:

Go to the general single-text view

4. Upon himselfe

Language: English 
— This text is not currently
in the database but will be added
as soon as we obtain it. —

Text Authorship:

Go to the general single-text view

5. An Hymn to the Muses  [sung text not yet checked]

Language: English 
Honour to you who sit
Near to the well of wit,
And drink your fill of it!

Glory and worship be
To you, sweet Maids, thrice three,
Who still inspire me;

And teach me how to sing
Unto the lyric string,
My measures ravishing!

Then, while I sing your praise,
My priest-hood crown with bays
Green to the end of days!

Text Authorship:

Go to the general single-text view