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]

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.

Authorship:

Confirmed with Works of Robert Herrick, Vol II, ed. by Alfred Pollard, London, Lawrence & Bullen, 1891, page 46.


Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

2. The willow garland  [sung text not yet checked]

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.

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Confirmed with Works of Robert Herrick, Vol I, ed. by Alfred Pollard, London, Lawrence & Bullen, 1891, page 201.


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3. The Bride-Cake  [sung text not yet checked]

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.

Authorship:

Confirmed with Works of Robert Herrick, Vol II, ed. by Alfred Pollard, London, Lawrence & Bullen, 1891, pages 83-84.


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4. Gone she is a long, long way  [sung text not yet checked]

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.

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Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]