Let us now take time and play, Love, and live here while we may ; Drink rich wine, and make good cheer, While we have our being here ; For once dead and laid i' th' grave, No return from thence we have.
Nine Sets of Four Songs Each, Set VIII , opus 89
by Fritz Bennicke Hart (1874 - 1949)
1. Let me now take time and play [sung text not yet checked]
Language: English
Text Authorship:
- by Robert Herrick (1591 - 1674), "To Sappho (I)"
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Confirmed with Works of Robert Herrick, Vol II, ed. by Alfred Pollard, London, Lawrence & Bullen, 1891, page 46.
2. The willow garland [sung text not yet checked]
Language: English
A willow garland thou did'st send
Perfum'd, last day, to me,
Which did but only this portend —
I was forsook by thee.
Since so it is, I'll tell thee what,
To-morrow thou shalt see
Me wear the willow ; after that,
To die upon the tree.
As beasts unto the altars go
With garlands dress'd, so I
Will, with my willow-wreath, also
Come forth and sweetly die.
Text Authorship:
- by Robert Herrick (1591 - 1674), "The willow garland"
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Confirmed with Works of Robert Herrick, Vol I, ed. by Alfred Pollard, London, Lawrence & Bullen, 1891, page 201.
3. The Bride‑Cake [sung text not yet checked]
Language: English
This day, my Julia, thou must make For Mistress Bride the wedding-cake : Knead but the dough, and it will be To paste of almonds turn'd by thee : Or kiss it thou but once or twice, And for the bride-cake there'll be spice.
Text Authorship:
- by Robert Herrick (1591 - 1674), "The Bride-Cake"
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Confirmed with Works of Robert Herrick, Vol II, ed. by Alfred Pollard, London, Lawrence & Bullen, 1891, pages 83-84.
4. Gone she is a long, long way [sung text not yet checked]
Language: English
Gone she is a long, long way, But she has decreed a day Back to come, and make no stay: So we keep, till her return, Here, her ashes, or her urn.