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Rise up, my love

Song Cycle by Howard Skempton (b. 1947)

1. Rise up, my love
 (Sung text)

Language: English 
 ... 
 ... ,
   Rise up, my love, my fair one, and come away.
For, lo, the winter is past,
   the rain is over and gone;
the flowers appear on the earth;
   the time of the singing of birds is come,
   and the voice of the turtle is heard in our land;
the fig tree putteth forth her green figs,
   and the vines with the tender grape give a good smell.
   Arise, my love, my fair one, and come away.
O my dove, that art in the clefts of the rock,
   in the secret places of the stairs,
   let me see thy countenance,
   let me hear thy voice;
   for sweet is thy voice,
   and thy countenance is comely.
 ... 

Text Authorship:

  • by Bible or other Sacred Texts , no title, appears in Song of Songs of Solomon / Canticle of Canticles (KJV), no. 2

Based on:

  • a text in Latin by Bible or other Sacred Texts , no title, appears in Canticum Canticorum Salomonis (Song of Songs of Solomon), no. 2
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2. How fair is thy love
 (Sung text)

Language: English 
 ... 
How fair is thy love, my sister, my spouse! 
   how much better is thy love than wine! 
   and the smell of thine ointments than all spices!
 ... 

Text Authorship:

  • by Bible or other Sacred Texts , no title, appears in Song of Songs of Solomon / Canticle of Canticles (KJV), no. 4

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  • a text in Latin by Bible or other Sacred Texts , appears in Canticum Canticorum Salomonis (Song of Songs of Solomon), no. 4
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3. My beloved is gone down
 (Sung text)

Language: English 
 ... 
 My beloved is gone down into his garden, to the beds of spices, 
   to feed in the gardens, and to gather lilies.
 I am my beloved's, and my beloved is mine: 
   he feedeth among the lilies.
 ... 

Text Authorship:

  • by Bible or other Sacred Texts , no title, appears in Song of Songs of Solomon / Canticle of Canticles (KJV), no. 6

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  • a text in Latin by Bible or other Sacred Texts , no title, appears in Canticum Canticorum Salomonis (Song of Songs of Solomon), no. 6
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4. How fair and how pleasant
 (Sung text)

Language: English 
 ... 
 How fair and how pleasant art thou, 
   O love, for delights!
 ... 
I am my beloved's, 
   and his desire is toward me.
 ... 

Text Authorship:

  • by Bible or other Sacred Texts , no title, appears in Song of Songs of Solomon / Canticle of Canticles (KJV), no. 7

Based on:

  • a text in Latin by Bible or other Sacred Texts , no title, appears in Canticum Canticorum Salomonis (Song of Songs of Solomon), no. 7
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Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
Total word count: 1347
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