Born I was to meet with age, And to walk life's pilgrimage. Much I know of time is spent, Tell I can't what's resident. Howsoever, cares, adieu ! I'll have nought to say to you : But I'll spend my coming hours Drinking wine and crown'd with flowers.
Nine Sets of Four Songs Each, Set II , opus 83
by Fritz Bennicke Hart (1874 - 1949)
1. Borne I was to meet with age  [sung text not yet checked]
Language: English
Authorship:
- by Robert Herrick (1591 - 1674), "On Himself (VI)"
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Confirmed with Works of Robert Herrick. Vol I, Alfred Pollard, ed., London, Lawrence & Bullen, 1891, page 240.
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2. Hope well and have well  [sung text not yet checked]
Language: English
What though the heaven be lowering now, And look with a contracted brow ? We shall discover, by-and-by, A repurgation of the sky ; And when those clouds away are driven, Then will appear a cheerful heaven.
Authorship:
- by Robert Herrick (1591 - 1674), "Hope well and have well : or, fair after foul weather"
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Confirmed with Works of Robert Herrick, Vol I, ed. by Alfred Pollard, London, Lawrence & Bullen, 1891, page 236.
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3. When I consider, dearest  [sung text not yet checked]
Language: English
When I consider, dearest, thou dost stay But here a-while, to languish and decay, Like to these garden-glories, which here be The flowery-sweet resemblances of thee ; With grief of heart, methinks, I thus do cry : Would thou hadst ne'er been born, or might'st not die.
Authorship:
- by Robert Herrick (1591 - 1674), "Upon his kinswoman, Mistress Bridget Herrick"
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Confirmed with Works of Robert Herrick, Vol I, ed. by Alfred Pollard, London, Lawrence & Bullen, 1891, page 255.
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4. I begin to waine in sight  [sung text not yet checked]
Language: English
I begin to wane in sight; Shortly I shall bid good-night: Then no gazing more about, When the tapers once are out.
Authorship:
- by Robert Herrick (1591 - 1674), "Upon his eyesight failing him"
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