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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;) - 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
- 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 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
- Evensong (Begin with Jove; then is the work half done)
- Fair daffodils, we weep to see 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, 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 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 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, 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) - 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 - 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) - M. Herbert, G. Peel, R. Quilter GER
- I dare not ask a kiss GER - 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, W. Davies
- Play, Phœbus, on thy lute; - 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)
- 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 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 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 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 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)
- 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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