Texts by R. Herrick set in Art Songs and Choral Works

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Robert Herrick (1591 - 1674)

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The Hesperides

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About the sweet bag of a bee - F. Hart (The bag of the bee)
A canticle to Apollo (Play, Phœbus, on thy lute;) - P. Campbell, M. Carmichael, F. Hart
A child's grace (Here a little child I stand) - M. Horder, J. Raynor
A Christmas Caroll (What sweeter music can we bring) - K. Leighton
A Christmas Carol, Sung To The King In The Presence At White-Hall (What sweeter music can we bring)
A dialogue betwixt himself and Mistress Eliza Wheeler, under the name of Amarillis (My dearest Love, since thou wilt go)
A dialogue betwixt himself and Mistress Eliza Wheeler (My dearest Love, since thou wilt go) - J. Gardner
A dirge (Here she lies, in bed of spice) - R. Quilter
Advice to Virgins (Gather ye rosebuds while ye may) - L. Lehrman SPA
A funeral stone - F. Hart (To laurels)
A grace for a child (Here a little child I stand) - F. Hart
A Gyges ring they bear about them still - D. Sisco (Lovers, how they come and part)
Ah, Ben! / Say how, or when - M. Gideon (An Ode for Him)
Ah, Cruel Love! must I endure - F. Hart, W. Lawes (To Pansies)
Ah, cruel love (Ah, Cruel Love! must I endure) - W. Lawes
A Hymn to Bacchus (I sing thy praise, Iacchus) - F. Hart
A Hymn to Love (I will confess) - J. Gardner, M. Horder
A hymn to Neptune (Mighty Neptune, may it please) - F. Hart
A Hymn to Venus and Cupid (Sea-born goddess, let me be) - F. Hart
Along, come along - F. Hart (The Tinker's Song)
Along the dark and silent night - G. Crosse (The Bell-Man)
Amarillis, by a spring (Sweet Amarillis, by a spring's) - H. Lawes
A meditation for his mistress (You are a tulip seen to-day) - E. Maconchy
Am I dispis'd because you say - H. Lawes
Amidst the myrtles as I walk'd (Mrs Eliz: Wheeler, under the Name of the Lost Shepherdess) - H. Lawes
Among the myrtles as I walk'd - H. Lawes (Mrs Eliz: Wheeler, under the Name of the Lost Shepherdess)
An die Massliebchen () - R. Quilter [x]
An die Musik () - E. Meyer (Text: Anonymous after Robert Herrick) [x]
An epitaph upon a virgin (Here a solemn fast we keep) - F. Hart
An Hymn to the Muses (Honour to you who sit) - F. Hart
An Ode for Ben Jonson (Ah, Ben! / Say how, or when) - M. Gideon
An Ode for Him (Ah, Ben! / Say how, or when)
An ode of the birth of our Saviour (In Numbers, and but these few) - K. Leighton
An olive branch (Sadly I walk'd within the field) - T. del Riego
Another Epitaph (Here a pretty baby lies) - N. Rorem
Another on love (Love's of itself too sweet ; the best of all) - J. Gardner
Another upon her weeping (She by the river sat, and sitting there)
Anthea, I am going hence (To Anthea) -
A pastoral sung to the king (Bad are the times)
A poet's hymn (Lord, thou hast given me a cell) - G. Dyson
A short hymn to Venus (Goddess, I do love a girl) - F. Hart
Aske me why I send you here [possibly misattributed] - H. Lawes
Ask me why I send you here [possibly misattributed] - F. Hart (The Primrose)
Ask me why I send you here [possibly misattributed] - F. Bridge
As lately I a garland bound (Upon Cupid (III)) -
A Song (Burn, or drown me, choose ye whether)
A sweet disorder in the dress - R. Still (The poetry of dress)
A vow to Mars (Store of courage to me grant) - F. Hart
A vow to Minerva (Goddess, I begin an art) - F. Hart
A wearied pilgrim, I have wandered here - F. Hart (On himself)
A Welcome Song () - C. Stanford [x]
A willow garland thou did'st send - B. Adolphe, F. Hart (The willow garland)
A willow garland (A willow garland thou did'st send) - B. Adolphe
Bad are the times - F. Hart (A pastoral sung to the king)
Beauty no other thing is than a beam (from The Hesperides) - M. Nyman
Begin to charm, and as thou strok’st my ears (from The Hesperides) - J. Golland, M. Nyman
Begin with Jove; then is the work half done - F. Hart (Evensong)
Bellman's Song: Along the dark and silent night (Along the dark and silent night) - G. Crosse
Bid me to live, and I will live FRE - D. Arditti, J. Carpenter, J. Gardner, C. Harris, J. Hatton, M. Horder, N. Rorem
Bid me to live (Bid me to live, and I will live) - J. Carpenter, M. Horder FRE
Bind me but to thee with thine hair - F. Hart (The bondman)
Borne I was to meet with age (Born I was to meet with age) - F. Hart
Born I was to meet with age - F. Hart (On Himself (VI))
Both you two have - F. Hart (To the yew and cypress to grace his funeral)
Bright tulips, we do know - F. Hart, R. Quilter (To a bed of tulips)
Burne or drowne me (Burn, or drown me, choose ye whether) - F. Hart
Burn, or drown me, choose ye whether - F. Hart (A Song)
By hours we all live here; in Heaven is known (from The Hesperides) - M. Nyman
Canticle to Apollo (Play, Phœbus, on thy lute;) - A. Strilko
Charm me asleep, and melt me so GER - E. Bacon, L. Bassett, B. Boyle, E. Carter, A. Douw, M. Dring, J. Edmunds, E. Ewazen, J. Foulds, J. Gardner, M. Gideon, I. Gurney, P. Hindemith, R. Holloway, B. Holmes, M. Horder, N. Rorem, W. Sanderson, D. Sisco, C. Stanford, M. White (To Music, to becalm his fever)
Charm me asleep (Charm me asleep, and melt me so) - R. Holloway, M. Horder GER
Charms (II) (In the morning when ye rise)
Cherry-ripe, ripe, ripe, I cry (from The Hesperides) - E. Freer, J. Gardner, C. Horn, R. Quilter, N. Rorem, C. Scott (Cherry-ripe)
Cherry ripe (Cherry-ripe, ripe, ripe, I cry) (from The Hesperides) - E. Freer, J. Gardner, C. Horn, R. Quilter, N. Rorem, C. Scott
Choose me your valentine (Choose me your valentine) - H. Boot, F. Hart
Choose me your valentine - H. Boot, F. Hart (To his mistress)
Chop-cherry (Thou gav'st me leave to kiss) - F. Hart
Christ, He requires still, wheresoe'er He comes (from The Hesperides) - R. Thompson (Christ's Part)
Christ's Part (Christ, He requires still, wheresoe'er He comes) (from The Hesperides)
Clear are her eyes - F. Hart (Upon her eyes)
Come, come away (from The Hesperides) - G. Bush, F. Hart (Upon a delaying lady)
Come Sons of Summer, by whose toile - E. Carter
Come to me God ; but do not come (To God) - G. Dyson
Comfort to a Youth that had lost his Love (What needs complaints) - V. Fine, N. Rorem GER
Corinna's going a-Maying (Get up, get up for shame, the blooming morn) - W. Mayer, E. Walker
Corinna's gone a-Maying (Get up, get up for shame, the blooming morn) - J. Gardner
Cupid as he lay among - B. Burrows, D. Sisco (The wounded Cupid)
Cupid (Love, like a beggar came to me) - R. Quilter
Daffadils (Fair daffodils, we weep to see) - M. Woodward CAT CHI DUT FIN GER
Dearest of thousands, now the time draws neare (Dearest of thousands, now the time draws neere) - L. Berkeley
Dearest of thousands, now the time draws neere - L. Berkeley (His charge to Julia at his death)
Dear, though to part it be a hell (To Dianeme) -
Dew sat on Julia's hair - F. Hart, R. Quilter (Upon Julia's hair fill'd with dew)
Dis-moi d'aimer (Dis-moi de vivre, et je vivrai) - J. Carpenter
Dis-moi de vivre, et je vivrai - J. Carpenter
Divination by a daffodil (When a daffodil I see) - F. Hart
Eglantine (From this bleeding hand of mine) - T. del Riego
Epilogue: Eternity (O Years! and age! farewell) - W. Davies
Epitaph (upon a Child that died) (Here she lies, a pretty bud) - J. Raynor, N. Rorem
Epitaph () - F. Hart [x]
Eternity (O Years! and age! farewell) - A. Bax, I. Boyle
Evensong (Begin with Jove; then is the work half done)
Fair daffodils, we weep to see CAT CHI DUT FIN GER - A. Bax, F. Bridge, B. Britten, H. Darke, F. Delius, M. Dring, E. Farrar, J. Gardner, M. Herbert, D. Holman, E. Moeran, A. Mounsey, S. Newns, H. Procter-Gregg, R. Quilter, A. Rawsthorne, J. Raynor, H. Strübing, A. Sullivan, R. Vaughan Williams, M. White, C. Wong, M. Woodward (To daffodils)
Fair daffodils (Fair daffodils, we weep to see) - F. Bridge, J. Gardner, D. Holman, S. Newns, A. Sullivan CAT CHI DUT FIN GER
Faire Daffodils (Fair daffodils, we weep to see) - A. Mounsey CAT CHI DUT FIN GER
Fair pledges of a fruitful tree - A. Foote, E. Moeran, S. Newns, C. Parry, H. Procter-Gregg, J. Raynor, H. Strübing, M. White, H. Willan, M. Woodward (To blossoms)
Fair shows deceive (Smooth was the sea, and seem'd to call) - F. Hart
First, April, she with mellow showers CAT DUT DUT FRE GER - B. Britten, E. Křenek
Fly me not, though I be gray - F. Hart (Upon his gray hairs)
For Thee... (Bid me to live, and I will live) - C. Harris FRE
Fortune's a blind profuse of her own (from The Hesperides) - M. Nyman
Fortune (Fortune's a blind profuse of her own) (from The Hesperides) - M. Nyman
Fresh strewings allow - F. Hart (The Peter-penny)
Frolic virgins once these were (Frolic virgins once these were) - F. Hart
Frolic virgins once these were - F. Hart (How pansies or heart's-ease came first)
From noise of scare-fires rest ye free - F. Hart, E. Maconchy (The bellman)
From this bleeding hand of mine - F. Hart, T. del Riego (The bleeding hand; or, the sprig of eglantine given to a maid)
Gather yee rosebuds (Gather ye rosebuds while ye may) - M. Woodward SPA
Gather ye rosebuds while ye may (Gather ye rosebuds while ye may) - J. Gardner SPA
Gather ye rosebuds while ye may SPA - M. Andrews, D. Arditti, M. Dring, H. Gál, J. Gardner, M. Gideon, M. Horder, J. Jeffreys, W. Lawes, L. Lehrman, E. Moeran, B. Moore, A. Mounsey, T. Pasatieri, R. Quilter, B. Roe, W. Sanderson, M. Woodward (To the virgins, to make much of time)
Gather ye rosebuds (Gather ye rosebuds while ye may) - M. Andrews, M. Gideon, M. Horder, J. Jeffreys, W. Lawes, E. Moeran, T. Pasatieri, W. Sanderson SPA
Get up, get up for shame, the blooming morn - J. Gardner, W. Mayer, E. Walker
Give me a cell - F. Hart (His wish to privacy)
Give me a man that is not dull - F. Hart (His Desire)
Give me one kiss (To Dianeme (IV)) -
Goddess, I begin an art - F. Hart (A vow to Minerva)
Goddess, I do love a girl - F. Hart (A short hymn to Venus)
God gives not only corn for need - B. Roe
Goe hence away, and in thy parting know - G. Binkerd
Go, happy rose, and interwove - C. Stanford
Gone she is a long, long way (Gone she is a long, long way) - F. Hart
Gone she is a long, long way - F. Hart (Upon a maid)
Good-morrow to the day so fair - D. Arditti, H. Brian, D. Diamond (The Mad Maid's Song)
Good speed, for I this day - F. Hart (To the lark)
Go, perjur'd man, and if thou e'er return - J. Blow
Go, perjur'd man (Go, perjur'd man, and if thou e'er return) - J. Blow
Go, perjured man! and if you e'er return - R. Ramsey
Go, perjured man (Go, perjured man! and if you e'er return) - R. Ramsey
Go, pretty child, and bear this flower - J. Raynor, B. Roe (To a Child)
Grace for a Child (Here a little child I stand)
Harvest Home (Come Sons of Summer, by whose toile) - E. Carter
Hear, ye virgins, and I'll teach - F. Hart (To Virgins)
Hear, ye virgins (Hear, ye virgins, and I'll teach) - F. Hart
Hence a blessed soul is fled (Hence a blessed soul is fled) - F. Hart
Hence a blessed soul is fled - F. Hart (Upon a maid)
Here a little baby lies (Upon a Child) - P. Campbell, I. Gurney, N. Rorem
Here a little child I stand - F. Hart, M. Horder, J. Raynor (A Child's Grace)
Here a little child I stand (Grace for a Child) - F. Hart, M. Horder, J. Raynor
Here a pretty baby lies - P. Campbell, I. Gurney, N. Rorem (Upon a Child)
Here a solemn fast we keep - F. Hart (An epitaph upon a virgin)
Here, here I live with what my board - F. Hart (His content in the country)
Here, here I live (Here, here I live with what my board) - F. Hart
Here she lies, a pretty bud - R. Birch, F. Hart, J. Raynor, N. Rorem (Upon a child that died)
Here she lies, in bed of spice - R. Quilter
Her eyes the glow-worm lend thee (Her eyes the glow-worm lend thee) (from The Hesperides) - C. Parry
Her eyes the glow-worm lend thee (from The Hesperides) - H. Brian, M. Carmichael, M. Gideon, H. Parker, C. Parry, R. Quilter (The Night Piece, to Julia)
Her pretty feet - F. Hart (Upon her feet)
He that will not love must be - W. Lawes
He that will not love (He that will not love must be) - W. Lawes
His charge to Julia at his death (Dearest of thousands, now the time draws neere)
His content in the country (Here, here I live with what my board)
His covenant or Protestation to Julia (Why dost thou wound and break my heart)
His creed (I do believe that die I must) - F. Hart
His Desire (Give me a man that is not dull) - F. Hart
His ejaculation to God (My God! look on me with thine eye)
His litany, to the Holy Spirit (In the hour of my distress)
His recantation (Love, I recant) - F. Hart
His wish to privacie (Give me a cell) - F. Hart
His wish to privacy (Give me a cell)
Holyrood, come forth and shield - F. Hart (The old wives' prayer)
Honour to you who sit - F. Hart (An Hymn to the Muses)
Hope well and have well : or, fair after foul weather (What though the heaven be lowering now)
Hope well and have well (What though the heaven be lowering now) - F. Hart
How lilies came white (White though ye be; yet, Lillies, know)
How Lillies came white (White though ye be; yet, Lillies, know) - G. Binkerd
How love came in I do not know (from The Hesperides) - E. Bacon, L. Berkeley (Of love. A sonnet)
How love came in (How love came in I do not know) (from The Hesperides) - L. Berkeley
How marigolds came yellow (Jealous girls these sometimes were) - F. Hart, A. Vores
How pansies or heart's-ease came first (Frolic virgins once these were)
How roses came red (II) ('Tis said, as Cupid danc'd among)
How roses came red (Roses at first were white) - F. Hart, A. Vores
How Springs came first (These Springs were Maidens once that lov'd) - F. Hart
How violets became blue (Love on a day, wise poets tell)
How violets came blew (Love on a day, wise poets tell) - A. Vores
How violets came blue (Love on a day, wise poets tell) - F. Hart
I am of all bereft - F. Hart (The Plunder)
I begin to waine in sight (I begin to wane in sight) - F. Hart
I begin to wane in sight - F. Hart (Upon his eyesight failing him)
I burn, I burn ; and beg of you - W. Lawes (To dews)
I burn, I burn. To the Dews (I burn, I burn ; and beg of you) - W. Lawes
I call and I call (I call, I call: who do ye call?) - F. Hart
I call, I call: who do ye call? - F. Hart (I call and I call)
I could but see thee yesterday (To Dianeme (V)) -
I dare not ask a kiss (I dare not ask a kiss) - P. Batchelor, M. Herbert, G. Peel, R. Quilter GER
I dare not ask a kiss GER - P. Batchelor, G. Binkerd, P. Eben, M. Herbert, W. Mayer, G. Peel, R. Quilter, C. Rogers, M. White, K. Wiggin, H. Willan (To Electra (IV))
I dare not ask (I dare not ask a kiss) - P. Eben, C. Rogers GER
I do believe that die I must - F. Hart (His creed)
I fear no earthly powers (On Himself (III)) -
If men can say that beauty dies - F. Hart (Upon a comely and curious maid)
If nine times you your bridegroom kiss (If nine times you your bridegroom kiss) (from The Hesperides) - L. Berkeley
If nine times you your bridegroom kiss (from The Hesperides) - L. Berkeley (The tithe. -- To the bride)
If ye will with Mab find grace - F. Hart (The fairies)
I have lost, and lately, these (from The Hesperides) - G. Bush (Upon the Loss of his Mistresses)
I held Love's head while it did ache - A. Bullard, F. Hart, P. Warlock (Upon Love)
I held Love's head (I held Love's head while it did ache) - A. Bullard, P. Warlock
I'll come to thee in all those shapes (To Electra (II)) -
I'll to thee a simnel bring (I'll to thee a simnel bring) - F. Hart
I'll to thee a simnel bring - F. Hart (To Dianeme. A Ceremony in Gloucester)
I'm sick of love: O let me lie - F. Hart, W. Lawes
I'm sick of love (I'm sick of love: O let me lie) - W. Lawes
In a dream, Love bade me go (In a dream, Love bade me go) - F. Hart
In a dream, Love bade me go - F. Hart (Upon Love (VI))
In Numbers, and but these few - K. Leighton
In the hour of my distress - P. Hurford (His litany, to the Holy Spirit)
In the morning when ye rise - F. Hart (Charms (II))
In the morning when ye rise (In the morning when ye rise) - F. Hart
In this little vault she lies - F. Hart (Upon a wife that died mad with jealousy)
In this world, the isle of dreams (The White Island, or Place of the Blest) - G. Dyson
I plaid with love (I played with Love, as with the fire) - F. Hart
I played with Love, as with the fire - F. Hart (Upon Love)
I saw about her spotless wrist - M. Purves-Smith (Upon a black twist rounding the arm of the Countess of Carlisle)
I saw a fly within a bead - B. Adolphe (The amber bead)
I sing of brooks, of blossoms, birds, and bowers - A. Vores
I sing thy praise, Iacchus - F. Hart (A Hymn to Bacchus)
I will confess with cheerfulness (A Hymn to Love) - A. Douw, J. Gardner, M. Horder
I will confess - A. Douw, J. Gardner, M. Horder (A Hymn to Love)
I will no longer kiss (I will no longer kiss) - F. Hart
I will no longer kiss - F. Hart (On Himself)
Jealous girls these sometimes were - F. Hart, A. Vores
Jove -- Evensong (Begin with Jove; then is the work half done) - F. Hart
Julia's hair (Dew sat on Julia's hair) - R. Quilter
Julia (Some ask'd me where the rubies grew) - C. Parry
Julia () - J. Andriessen [x]
Leander Drownd (When as Leander young was drown'd) (from The Hesperides) - H. Lawes
Leander's Obsequies (When as Leander young was drown'd) (from The Hesperides)
Let fair or foul my mistress be - F. Hart (Love lightly pleased)
Let me now take time and play (Let us now take time and play) - F. Hart
Let me sleep this night away (Let me sleep this night away) - F. Hart
Let me sleep this night away - F. Hart (Upon himself being buried)
Let not thy tombstone e'er be laid by me (from The Hesperides) - F. Hart (To Electra)
Let not thy tombstone (Let not thy tombstone e'er be laid by me) (from The Hesperides) - F. Hart
Let's now take our time - F. Hart, R. Quilter (To be merry)
Let us now take time and play - F. Hart (To Sappho (I))
Life of my life, take not so soone Thy flight - D. Arditti
Life of my life (Life of my life, take not so soone Thy flight) - D. Arditti
Litany to the Holy Spirit (In the hour of my distress) - P. Hurford
Live, live with me, and thou shalt see - M. Dring
Lord, thou hast given me a cell - G. Dyson
Love in a shower of blossoms came - L. Héritte-Viardot (The shower of blossoms)
Love, I recant - F. Hart (His recantation)
Love is a circle, that doth restless move - J. Gardner (Love, what it is)
Love lightly pleased (Let fair or foul my mistress be) - F. Hart
Love, like a beggar came to me - R. Quilter
Love like a gipsy lately came (Upon Cupid (II)) -
Love looks for love (Love love begets, then never be) - F. Hart
Love love begets, then never be - F. Hart (To Electra. Love looks for love)
Love on a day, wise poets tell - F. Hart, A. Vores (How violets became blue)
Lovers, how they come and part (A Gyges ring they bear about them still) - D. Sisco
Love's a thing, as I do hear GER - D. Arditti (Upon love)
Love-sick I am, and must endure - F. Hart (On Himself (II))
Love-sick I am (Love-sick I am, and must endure) - F. Hart
Love's of itself too sweet ; the best of all (Another on Love) - J. Gardner
Love's of itself too sweet ; the best of all - J. Gardner (On Love)
Love's sweet repose (Among the myrtles as I walk'd) - H. Lawes
Love: what it is (Love is a circle, that doth restless move) - J. Gardner
Lullaby (Here a pretty baby lies) - I. Gurney
Make, make me Thine, my gracious God (from The Hesperides) - M. White (To God)
Make much of Time (Gather ye rosebuds while ye may) - H. Gál SPA
Man is a watch, wound up at first (from The Hesperides) - M. Nyman
Mighty Neptune, may it please - F. Hart (A hymn to Neptune)
More white than whitest lilies far (from The Hesperides) - G. Bush (To Electra (I))
Morning song (Let's now take our time) - R. Quilter
Mrs Eliz: Wheeler, under the Name of the Lost Shepherdess (Among the myrtles as I walk'd)
Music, thou Queen of Heaven, Care-charming-spell (from The Hesperides) - G. Bachlund, J. Gardner, M. Nyman (To Music)
My dearest Love, since thou wilt go - J. Gardner (A dialogue betwixt himself and Mistress Eliza Wheeler, under the name of Amarillis)
My God, I'm wounded by my sin (from The Hesperides) (To God: An Anthem, sung in the Chappell at Whitehall, before the King) - B. Roe
My God! look on me withe'eye (My God! look on me with thine eye) - L. Berkeley
My God! look on me with thine eye - L. Berkeley (His ejaculation to God)
Night hath no wings to him that cannot sleep - B. Roe (To his sweet saviour)
Night piece to Julia (Her eyes the glow-worm lend thee) (from The Hesperides) - H. Parker
No more, my Silvia, do I mean to pray - F. Hart (To Sylvia)
No more, my Silvia (No more, my Silvia, do I mean to pray) - F. Hart
Now is the time when all the lights wax dim (To Anthea) -
Now is your turne, my dearest, to be set (Now is your turne, my dearest, to be set) - L. Berkeley
Now is your turne, my dearest, to be set - L. Berkeley, J. Edmunds (To his deare valentine, Mistresse Margaret Falconbrige)
Of love. A sonnet (How love came in I do not know) (from The Hesperides)
Of love (How love came in I do not know) (from The Hesperides) - E. Bacon
Oft have I heard both youths and virgins say - F. Hart (To his valentine on St. Valentine's Day)
Old wives have often told how they - F. Hart (Upon Cupid)
One ask'd me where the roses grew - F. Hart (The rosary)
One silent night of late - C. Parry (The cheat of Cupid; or, The ungentle guest)
On gilli-flowers begotten (What was't that fell but now) - F. Hart
On gilly-flowers begotten (What was't that fell but now)
On Himself (I) (Young I was, but now am old)
On Himself (II) (Love-sick I am, and must endure)
On Himself (III) (I fear no earthly powers)
On Himself (VI) (Born I was to meet with age)
On himselfe () - F. Hart [x]
On himself (A wearied pilgrim, I have wandered here)
On Himself (I will no longer kiss)
On Himself (Weep for the dead, for they have lost this light)
On himself () - A. Douw, J. Gardner, M. Horder [x]
On Love (Love's of itself too sweet ; the best of all)
On love () - F. Hart [x]
Open thy gates - F. Hart (To heaven)
O times most bad - A. Douw (Upon the troublesome times)
O Years! and age! farewell - A. Bax, I. Boyle, W. Davies
Play, Phœbus, on thy lute; - P. Campbell, M. Carmichael, F. Hart, A. Strilko (A canticle to Apollo)
Purgatory (Readers, we entreat ye pray) - F. Hart
Rare is the voice itself: but when we sing (The voice and viol) - M. King
Reach, with your whiter hands, to me - B. Crist, F. Hart, H. Strübing (To the water nymphs drinking at the fountain)
Readers, we entreat ye pray - F. Hart (Purgatory)
Rosebuds (Gather ye rosebuds while ye may) - A. Mounsey SPA
Roses at first were white - F. Hart, A. Vores
Sadly I walk'd within the field - B. Burrows, T. del Riego (The Olive Branch)
Sapho, I will choose to go (from The Hesperides) (To Sappho) - M. Carmichael, F. Hart
Sappho, I will choose to go (from The Hesperides) - M. Carmichael, F. Hart (To Sappho)
Sea-born goddess, let me be - F. Hart (A Hymn to Venus and Cupid)
Shall I a daily beggar be - F. Hart (The beggar)
Shall I go to Love and tell (Shall I go to Love and tell) - F. Hart
Shall I go to Love and tell - F. Hart (To Electra)
She by the river sat, and sitting there - F. Hart (Another upon her weeping)
Show me thy feet ; show me thy legs, thy thighs (To Dianeme (III)) -
Shut not so soon; the dull-eyed night GER - D. Arditti, J. Gardner, F. Hart, R. Quilter, J. Raynor, N. Rorem, J. Taffs (To daisies, not to shut so soon)
Smooth was the sea, and seem'd to call - F. Hart (Fair shows deceive)
Soft music (The mellow touch of music most doth wound) - E. Walker
So good luck came, and on my roof did light - A. Vores
So look the mornings when the sun (from The Hesperides) - R. Quilter
Some ask'd me where rubies grew (The rock of rubies, and the quarry of pearls) - C. Parry, A. Spalding
Some ask'd me where the rubies grew - C. Parry, A. Spalding (The rock of rubies, and the quarry of pearls)
So smooth, so sweet, so silv'ry is thy voice (Upon Julia's voice) - M. King
Spend, harmless shade, thy nightly hours (Spend, harmless shade, thy nightly hours) - F. Hart
Spend, harmless shade, thy nightly hours - F. Hart (Upon a virgin)
Stay while ye will, or go - F. Hart, C. Stanford (To carnations. A song)
Store of courage to me grant - F. Hart (A vow to Mars)
Sweet Amarillis, by a spring's - H. Lawes (Upon Mrs Eliz. Wheeler, under the Name of Amarillis)
Sweet, be not proud of those two eyes (To Dianeme (II)) -
Sweet Oenone, do but say - F. Hart (To Oenone)
Sweet western wind, whose luck it is - G. Busby, M. Gideon, F. Hart (To the Western Wind)
Sweet Western Wind (Sweet western wind, whose luck it is) - M. Gideon
Tapers (Those tapers which we set upon the grave) - F. Hart
Tell us, thou clear and heavenly tongue - J. Dove, K. Leighton (The star-song)
The amber bead (I saw a fly within a bead) - B. Adolphe
The argument of his book (I sing of brooks, of blossoms, birds, and bowers) - A. Vores
The bag of the bee (About the sweet bag of a bee) - F. Hart
The Bed-man, or Grave-maker (THou hast made many Houses for the Dead)
The Bed-man (THou hast made many Houses for the Dead) - F. Hart
The beggar (Shall I a daily beggar be) - F. Hart
The Bell-Man (Along the dark and silent night)
The bell-man (From noise of scare-fires rest ye free) - F. Hart, E. Maconchy
The Best of Rooms (Christ, He requires still, wheresoe'er He comes) (from The Hesperides) - R. Thompson
The bleeding hand; or, the sprig of eglantine given to a maid (From this bleeding hand of mine)
The bondman (Bind me but to thee with thine hair) - F. Hart
The bracelet to Julia (Why I tie about thy wrist)
The bracelet (Why I tie about thy wrist) - R. Quilter
The Bride-Cake (This day, my Julia, thou must make) - F. Hart
The cheat of Cupid; or, The ungentle guest (One silent night of late)
The Cherry-Blossoms (Ye may simper, blush and smile) - F. Hart
The coming of good luck (So good luck came, and on my roof did light) - A. Vores
The Definition of Beauty (Beauty no other thing is than a beam) (from The Hesperides) - M. Nyman
The fairies (If ye will with Mab find grace) - F. Hart
The four sweet months (First, April, she with mellow showers) - E. Křenek CAT DUT DUT FRE GER
The Funeral Rites of the Roses (The rose was sick, and smiling died) - F. Hart
The Funeral Rites of the Rose (The rose was sick, and smiling died)
The guest () - S. Coleridge-Taylor [x]
The hag is astride (The Hag is astride) - E. Bunge DUT
The Hag is astride DUT - F. Bridge, E. Bunge, J. Hatton, J. Jeffreys, C. Wood
The hag (The Hag is astride) - F. Bridge, J. Hatton, J. Jeffreys DUT
The head-ake (I held Love's head while it did ache) - F. Hart
The Herrick Songs [song cycle] () - G. Busby [x]
The Impatient Lover (Come, come away) (from The Hesperides) - G. Bush
The lily in a crystal (You have beheld a smiling rose) - A. Douw, H. Strübing
The Mad Girl's Song (Good-morrow to the day so fair) - D. Arditti
The Mad Maid's Song (Good-morrow to the day so fair) - H. Brian, D. Diamond
The maiden blush (So look the mornings when the sun) (from The Hesperides) - R. Quilter
The mellow touch of music most doth wound - E. Walker
The Night Piece, to Julia (Her eyes the glow-worm lend thee) (from The Hesperides) - M. Carmichael
The Night Piece (Her eyes the glow-worm lend thee) (from The Hesperides) - H. Brian, R. Quilter
The old wives' prayer (Holyrood, come forth and shield) - F. Hart
The Olive Branch (Sadly I walk'd within the field) - B. Burrows
The Peter-penny (Fresh strewings allow) - F. Hart
The pilgrim (A wearied pilgrim, I have wandered here) - F. Hart
The Plunder (I am of all bereft) - F. Hart
The poetry of dress (A sweet disorder in the dress) - R. Still
The primrose (Aske me why I send you here) - H. Lawes [possibly misattributed]
The Primrose (Ask me why I send you here) - F. Hart [possibly misattributed]
The Primrose (Ask me why I send you here) - F. Bridge [possibly misattributed]
The ride of the witch (The hag) (The Hag is astride) - C. Wood DUT
The Rock of Rubies and the Quarrie of Pearls (Some ask'd me where the rubies grew) - A. Spalding
The rock of rubies, and the quarry of pearls (Some ask'd me where the rubies grew)
The rosarie (One ask'd me where the roses grew) - F. Hart
The rosary (One ask'd me where the roses grew)
The rose was sick, and smiling died - F. Hart (The Funeral Rites of the Rose)
These Springs were Maidens once that lov'd - L. Berkeley, F. Hart (How Springs came first)
These springs were maidens once that lov'd (These Springs were Maidens once that lov'd) - L. Berkeley
The shades grow great, but greater grows our sorrow (A pastoral sung to the king) - F. Hart
The shades grow great (Bad are the times) - F. Hart
The shooting starres attend thee (Her eyes the glow-worm lend thee) (from The Hesperides) - M. Gideon
The shower of blossoms (Love in a shower of blossoms came) - L. Héritte-Viardot
The sprig of eglantine (From this bleeding hand of mine) - F. Hart
The star-song (Tell us, thou clear and heavenly tongue) - J. Dove, K. Leighton
The succession of the four sweet months (First, April, she with mellow showers) - B. Britten CAT DUT DUT FRE GER
The Tinker's Song (Along, come along) - F. Hart
The tithe. -- To the bride (If nine times you your bridegroom kiss) (from The Hesperides)
The ungentle guest (One silent night of late) - C. Parry
The voice and viol (Rare is the voice itself: but when we sing)
The Watch (Man is a watch, wound up at first) (from The Hesperides) - M. Nyman
The White Island, or Place of the Blest (In this world, the isle of dreams)
The willow garland (A willow garland thou did'st send) - F. Hart
The wounded Cupid (Cupid as he lay among) - B. Burrows
Things are uncertain and the more we get (from The Hesperides) - M. Nyman
Things mortal still mutable (Things are uncertain and the more we get) (from The Hesperides) - M. Nyman
This day, my Julia, thou must make - F. Hart (The Bride-Cake)
Those tapers which we set upon the grave - F. Hart (Tapers)
Thou art to all lost love the best - M. Dring, F. Hart, J. Raynor, N. Rorem (To the Willow-Tree)
Thou gav'st me leave to kiss - F. Hart, P. Warlock (Chop-cherry)
Thou gav'st me leave to kiss (Thou gav'st me leave to kiss) - P. Warlock
THou hast made many Houses for the Dead - F. Hart (The Bed-man, or Grave-maker)
Thrice happy roses, so much grac'd to have - F. Hart (Upon the roses in Julia's bosom)
Through all the night - B. Roe
Time in Eternity (By hours we all live here; in Heaven is known) (from The Hesperides) - M. Nyman
'Tis evening, my sweet (To Electra (III)) -
'Tis said, as Cupid danc'd among - F. Hart (How roses came red (II))
'Tis said, as Cupid danc'd ('Tis said, as Cupid danc'd among) - F. Hart
To a bed of tulips (Bright tulips, we do know) - F. Hart
To a Child (Go, pretty child, and bear this flower) - J. Raynor
To Anthea, who may command him anything (Bid me to live, and I will live) - D. Arditti, J. Gardner, J. Hatton, N. Rorem FRE
To Anthea (Anthea, I am going hence)
To Anthea (Bid me to live, and I will live) - M. Horder FRE
To Anthea (Now is the time when all the lights wax dim)
To Anthea () - F. Hart [x]
To be merry (Let's now take our time) - F. Hart
To blossoms (Fair pledges of a fruitful tree) - A. Foote, E. Moeran, S. Newns, C. Parry, H. Procter-Gregg, J. Raynor, H. Strübing, M. White, H. Willan, M. Woodward
To carnations. A song (Stay while ye will, or go)
To carnations (Stay while ye will, or go) - F. Hart, C. Stanford
To Cherry-Blossoms (Ye may simper, blush and smile)
To daffodils (Fair daffodils, we weep to see) - A. Bax, B. Britten, H. Darke, F. Delius, M. Dring, E. Farrar, M. Herbert, E. Moeran, H. Procter-Gregg, R. Quilter, A. Rawsthorne, J. Raynor, H. Strübing, R. Vaughan Williams, M. White, C. Wong CAT CHI DUT FIN GER
To daisies, not to shut so soon (Shut not so soon; the dull-eyed night) - F. Hart, J. Raynor, N. Rorem GER
To daisies, not to shut too soon (Shut not so soon; the dull-eyed night) - J. Gardner GER
To Daisies (Shut not so soon; the dull-eyed night) - D. Arditti, R. Quilter, J. Taffs GER
To dews (I burn, I burn ; and beg of you)
To Dianeme (II) (Sweet, be not proud of those two eyes)
To Dianeme (III) (Show me thy feet ; show me thy legs, thy thighs)
To Dianeme (IV) (Give me one kiss)
To Dianeme (V) (I could but see thee yesterday)
To Dianeme. A Ceremony in Gloucester (I'll to thee a simnel bring)
To Dianeme (Dear, though to part it be a hell)
To Dianeme () - F. Hart, J. Holbrooke [x]
To Electra (I) (More white than whitest lilies far) (from The Hesperides)
To Electra (II) (I'll come to thee in all those shapes)
To Electra (III) ('Tis evening, my sweet)
To Electra (IV) (I dare not ask a kiss) GER
To Electra. Love looks for love (Love love begets, then never be)
To Electra (I dare not ask a kiss) - G. Binkerd, W. Mayer, R. Quilter, M. White, K. Wiggin, H. Willan GER
To Electra (Let not thy tombstone e'er be laid by me) (from The Hesperides)
To Electra (More white than whitest lilies far) (from The Hesperides) - G. Bush
To Electra (Shall I go to Love and tell)
To Electra () - F. Hart, M. Horder, M. Raphael [x]
To finde God (Weigh me the fire; or, canst thou find)
To flowers () - F. Hart [x]
To Fortune (Tumble me down, and I will sit) - F. Hart
To God: An Anthem, sung in the Chappell at Whitehall, before the King (Verse. My God, I'm wounded by my sin) (from The Hesperides)
To God; An Anthem sung in the Chappell at Whitehall (Verse. My God, I'm wounded by my sin) (from The Hesperides) - B. Roe
To God on his sickness (What though my harp and viol be) - F. Hart
To God (Come to me God ; but do not come)
To God (God gives not only corn for need) - B. Roe
To God (Make, make me Thine, my gracious God) (from The Hesperides) - M. White
To heaven (Open thy gates) - F. Hart
To His Angrie God (Through all the night) - B. Roe
To his deare valentine, Mistresse Margaret Falconbrige (Now is your turne, my dearest, to be set)
To his mistress objecting his age (Am I dispis'd because you say) - H. Lawes
To his mistress (Choose me your valentine)
To His Saviour, a Child; A Present, by a Child (Go, pretty child, and bear this flower) - B. Roe
To his sweet saviour (Night hath no wings to him that cannot sleep) - B. Roe
To his valentine on St. Valentine's Day (Oft have I heard both youths and virgins say)
To his Valentine (Oft have I heard both youths and virgins say) - F. Hart
To Julia (Whenas in silks my Julia goes) - H. Procter-Gregg, R. Still
To laurels (A funeral stone) - F. Hart
To love () - J. Gardner [x]
To Meadows (Ye have been fresh and green) - R. Stöhr
To meadow (Ye have been fresh and green) - M. Carmichael
To meddowes (Ye have been fresh and green)
To Mistress Margaret Falconbridge (Now is your turne, my dearest, to be set) - J. Edmunds
To music, a song (Music, thou Queen of Heaven, Care-charming-spell) (from The Hesperides) - J. Gardner
To Music for Calm (Charm me asleep, and melt me so) - I. Gurney GER
To Music (ii) (Music, thou Queen of Heaven, Care-charming-spell) (from The Hesperides) - M. Nyman
To Music (i) (Begin to charm, and as thou strok’st my ears) (from The Hesperides) - M. Nyman
To Musick (Begin to charm, and as thou strok’st my ears) (from The Hesperides) - J. Golland
To music - to becalm a sweetsick youth (Charm me asleep, and melt me so) - M. Dring GER
To Music, to becalm his fever - charm me asleep (Charm me asleep, and melt me so) - W. Sanderson GER
To music, to becalm his fever (Charm me asleep, and melt me so) - B. Boyle, A. Douw, E. Ewazen, J. Gardner, P. Hindemith, N. Rorem, M. White GER
To music (Charm me asleep, and melt me so) - L. Bassett, E. Carter, J. Edmunds, J. Foulds, M. Gideon, M. Horder, D. Sisco, C. Stanford GER
To music (Music, thou Queen of Heaven, Care-charming-spell) (from The Hesperides) - G. Bachlund
To music () - A. Bullard, B. Burrows [x]
To Musique, to becalme his Fever (Charm me asleep, and melt me so) - E. Bacon, B. Holmes GER
To Oenone (Sweet Oenone, do but say) - F. Hart
To Oenone (What conscience, say, is it in thee) - F. Hart
To Pansies (Ah, Cruel Love! must I endure) - F. Hart
To Phillis - to love and live with him (Live, live with me, and thou shalt see) - M. Dring
To primroses filled with morning dew (Why do ye weep, sweet babes? can tears) - F. Hart
To Sapho (Sappho, I will choose to go) (from The Hesperides) - M. Carmichael, F. Hart
To Sappho (I) (Let us now take time and play)
To Sappho (Sappho, I will choose to go) (from The Hesperides)
To sycamores (I'm sick of love: O let me lie) - F. Hart
To Sylvia (No more, my Silvia, do I mean to pray)
To the lark (Good speed, for I this day) - F. Hart
To the Nightingale and Robin Redbreast (When I departed am, ring thou my knell) - F. Hart
To the river () - B. Adolphe [x]
To the rose (Go, happy rose, and interwove) - C. Stanford
To the Virgins, to Make Much of Time (Gather ye rosebuds while ye may) - D. Arditti, M. Dring, B. Moore SPA
To the virgins (Gather ye rosebuds while ye may) - R. Quilter SPA
To the water nymphs drinking at the fountain (Reach, with your whiter hands, to me) - F. Hart, H. Strübing
To the water nymphs (Reach, with your whiter hands, to me) - B. Crist
To the western wind (Sweet western wind, whose luck it is) - G. Busby, F. Hart
To the Willow-tree (Thou art to all lost love the best) - M. Dring, F. Hart, J. Raynor, N. Rorem
To the yew and cypress to grace his funeral (Both you two have)
To the yew and cypress (Both you two have) - F. Hart
To violets (Welcome, maids-of-honour!) - A. Bullard, J. Gardner, I. Gurney, F. Hart, H. Procter-Gregg, R. Quilter, J. Taffs SPA
To Virgins, to Make Much of Time (Gather ye rosebuds while ye may) - B. Roe SPA
To Virgins (Hear, ye virgins, and I'll teach)
Tulips (Bright tulips, we do know) - R. Quilter
Tumble me down, and I will sit - F. Hart (To Fortune)
Upon a black twist rounding the arm of the Countess of Carlisle (I saw about her spotless wrist) - M. Purves-Smith
Upon a child that died (Here she lies, a pretty bud) - R. Birch
Upon a child that dyed (Here she lies, a pretty bud) - F. Hart
Upon a child (Here a pretty baby lies) - P. Campbell
Upon a child () - F. Hart [x]
Upon a comely and curious maid (If men can say that beauty dies) - F. Hart
Upon a delaying lady (Come, come away) (from The Hesperides) - F. Hart
Upon a maide () - F. Hart [x]
Upon a maid (Gone she is a long, long way)
Upon a maid (Hence a blessed soul is fled)
Upon a virgin (Spend, harmless shade, thy nightly hours)
Upon a wife that died mad with jealousy (In this little vault she lies)
Upon a wife that dyed with jealousie (In this little vault she lies) - F. Hart
Upon Cupid (II) (Love like a gipsy lately came)
Upon Cupid (III) (As lately I a garland bound)
Upon Cupid (Old wives have often told how they) - F. Hart
Upon Electra (When out of bed my love doth spring) - F. Hart
Upon her eyes (Clear are her eyes) - F. Hart
Upon her feet (Her pretty feet) - F. Hart
Upon himself being buried (Let me sleep this night away)
Upon himselfe () - F. Hart [x]
Upon his eyesight failing him (I begin to wane in sight)
Upon his gray hairs (Fly me not, though I be gray) - F. Hart
Upon his kinswoman, Mistress Bridget Herrick (When I consider, dearest, thou dost stay)
Upon Julia's clothes (Whenas in silks my Julia goes) - B. Adolphe, G. Bush, J. Corigliano, J. Gardner, F. Hart, N. Rorem
Upon Julia's hair fill'd with dew (Dew sat on Julia's hair)
Upon Julia's hair filled with dew (Dew sat on Julia's hair) - F. Hart
Upon Julia's voice (So smooth, so sweet, so silv'ry is thy voice)
Upon Julia's weeping (She by the river sat, and sitting there) - F. Hart
Upon Love (VI) (In a dream, Love bade me go)
Upon Love (I held Love's head while it did ache)
Upon Love (I played with Love, as with the fire)
Upon love (Love's a thing, as I do hear) - D. Arditti GER
Upon love () - B. Burrows, F. Hart, D. Sisco [x]
Upon Mrs Eliz. Wheeler, under the Name of Amarillis (Sweet Amarillis, by a spring's)
Upon parting (Goe hence away, and in thy parting know) - G. Binkerd
Upon thee departed hence () - F. Hart [x]
Upon the Loss of his Mistresses (I have lost, and lately, these) (from The Hesperides) - G. Bush
Upon the roses in Julia's bosom (Thrice happy roses, so much grac'd to have) - F. Hart
Upon the troublesome times (O times most bad) - A. Douw
Verse. My God, I'm wounded by my sin (from The Hesperides) - B. Roe (To God: An Anthem, sung in the Chappell at Whitehall, before the King)
Weep for the dead, for they have lost the light (Weep for the dead, for they have lost this light) - F. Hart
Weep for the dead, for they have lost this light - F. Hart (On Himself)
Weigh me the fire; or, canst thou find (To finde God) - G. Dyson
Welcome, maids-of-honour! SPA - B. Britten, A. Bullard, J. Gardner, I. Gurney, F. Hart, H. Procter-Gregg, R. Quilter, J. Taffs (To violets)
Welcome, Maids of Honour (Welcome, maids-of-honour!) - B. Britten SPA
What conscience, say, is it in thee - F. Hart (To Oenone)
What needs complaints GER - V. Fine, N. Rorem
What sweeter music can we bring - G. Binkerd, K. Leighton, J. Rutter (A Christmas Carol, Sung To The King In The Presence At White-Hall)
What sweeter music (What sweeter music can we bring) - G. Binkerd, J. Rutter
What though my harp and viol be - F. Hart (To God: On his sickness)
What though the heaven be lowering now - F. Hart (Hope well and have well : or, fair after foul weather)
What was't that fell but now - F. Hart (On gilly-flowers begotten)
When a daffodil I see - F. Hart (Divination by a daffodil)
Whenas in silks my Julia goes - B. Adolphe, G. Bush, J. Corigliano, J. Edmunds, J. Gardner, F. Hart, J. Lessard, H. Procter-Gregg, N. Rorem, R. Still (Upon Julia's clothes)
Whenas in silks my Julia goes (Whenas in silks my Julia goes) - J. Edmunds, J. Lessard
When as Leander young was drown'd (from The Hesperides) - H. Lawes (Leander's Obsequies)
When I consider, dearest, thou dost stay - F. Hart (Upon his kinswoman, Mistress Bridget Herrick)
When I consider, dearest (When I consider, dearest, thou dost stay) - F. Hart
When I departed am, ring thou my knell - F. Hart (To the Nightingale and Robin Redbreast)
When out of bed my love doth spring - F. Hart (Upon Electra)
When words we want, Love teacheth to indite - D. Sisco (Writing)
White though ye be. On the Lilies (White though ye be; yet, Lillies, know) - W. Lawes
White though ye be; yet, Lillies, know - G. Binkerd, W. Lawes (How lilies came white)
Why dost thou wound and break my heart - H. Brian (His covenant or Protestation to Julia)
Why dost thou wound, and break my heart? (Why dost thou wound and break my heart) - H. Brian
Why do ye weep, sweet babes? can tears/ speak grief in you (To primroses filled with morning dew) - F. Hart
Why do ye weep, sweet babes? can tears - F. Hart (To primroses filled with morning dew)
Why I tie about thy wrist - R. Quilter (The bracelet to Julia)
Women useless - an hymne to love (I will confess) - A. Douw
Wounded Cupid (Cupid as he lay among) - D. Sisco
Writing (When words we want, Love teacheth to indite) - D. Sisco
Ye have been fresh and green - M. Carmichael, R. Stöhr (To meddowes)
Ye may simper, blush and smile - F. Hart (To Cherry-Blossoms)
You are a tulip seen to-day - E. Maconchy
You have beheld a smiling rose - A. Douw, H. Strübing (The lily in a crystal)
Young I was, but now am old (On Himself (I)) -

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