I got me flowers to strew thy way; I got me boughs off many a tree: But thou wast up by break of day, And brought'st thy sweets along with thee. The Sun arising in the East, Though he give light, and the East perfume; If they should offer to contest With thy arising, they presume. Can there be any day but this, Though many suns to shine endeavour? We count three hundred, but we miss: There is but one, and that one ever.
Jacobean Lyrics
Song Cycle by Rhian Samuel (b. 1944)
1. I got me flowers  [sung text not yet checked]
Language: English
Text Authorship:
- by George Herbert (1593 - 1633)
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