Texts by B. Jonson set in Art Songs and Choral Works

Text Collections:

• Cynthia's Revels, or the Fountain of Self Love
• The Devil's an Ass
• The Forest
• The Sad Shepherd, or, a tale of Robin Hood

Texts set in art song or choral works (not necessarily comprehensive):

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Special notes: All titles and first lines are included in this index, including those used by composers.
Titles used by the text author appear in boldface. First lines appear in italics.
A language code in a blue rectangle like ENG indicates that a translation to that language is available.
A grey rectangle like FRE indicates a particular translation (usually one set to music) exists but isn't yet available.

• A Hymn to God the Father (Hear me, O God!)
• An Hymn (I sing the birth was born to-night)
• A nymph's passion (I love, and he loves me again) - B. Boyle
• A Prayer (Hear me, O God!) - E. Rubbra
• A Rebuke (Still to be neat, still to be drest) - G. Bush GER
• A song (Drink to me only with thine eyes) - E. Turner GER ⊗
• Beauties, have ye seen a Toy
• Beauties, have ye seen this Toy
• Bebändert, geputzt, immer aufs best' (from Die Fähre, Englische Lyrik aus fünf Jahrhunderten) (Süße Saumsal) -
• Begging another, on colour of mending the former (For Love's sake, kiss me once again)
• Buzz, quoth the blue fly (Buzz, quoth the blue fly) - G. Bachlund
• Buzz, quoth the blue fly - G. Bachlund
• By a fountainside (Slow, slow, fresh fount, keep time with my salt tears) - R. Quilter
• Come my Celia, let us prove - E. Bunge, A. Ferrabosco
• Come my Celia (Come my Celia, let us prove) - A. Ferrabosco
• Consider this small dust, here in the glass - D. Pinkham (The hour glass)
• Die Schatten (Jag deinen Schatten: er flieht deinen Schritt) (from Die Fähre, Englische Lyrik aus fünf Jahrhunderten)
• Do but consider this small dust - G. Bachlund, S. Wilkinson (The hourglass)
• Drink to me only with thine eyes (Drink to me only with thine eyes) - R. Quilter, C. Scott GER ⊗
• Drink to me only with thine eyes GER - E. Bunge, R. Faith, R. Quilter, C. Rogers, C. Scott, E. Turner (Song to Celia) ⊗
• Drink to me only (Drink to me only with thine eyes) - E. Bunge GER ⊗
• Echo's Lament for Narcissus (Slow, slow, fresh fount, keep time with my salt tears) - G. Bush
• Echo's Lament of Narcissus (Slow, slow, fresh fount, keep time with my salt tears) - I. Gurney
• Echo's song (Slow, slow, fresh fount, keep time with my salt tears) - D. Hagen, N. Rorem
• Edle Art (Nicht wie beim Baum die Höh und Pracht) (from Die Fähre, Englische Lyrik aus fünf Jahrhunderten)
• Epitaph on Salathiel Pavy (Weep with me all you that read) - W. Browne FRE
• Epitaph (Wouldst thou hear what man can say) - R. Stöhr
• Follow a shadow, it still flies you (from The Forest) GER - C. Parry (That women are but men's shadows)
• Follow a shadow (Follow a shadow, it still flies you) (from The Forest) - C. Parry GER
• For Love's sake, kiss me once again - A. Bax (Begging another, on colour of mending the former)
• For love's sake (For Love's sake, kiss me once again) - A. Bax
• Have you seen but a bright Lilie grow (from The Devil's an Ass)
• Have you seen but a bright lily grow? (Have you seen but a whyte Lilie grow) (from The Devil's an Ass) - E. Maconchy
• Have you seen but a white lily grow? (Have you seen but a whyte Lilie grow) (from The Devil's an Ass) - M. Herbert, R. Johnson
• Have you seen but a whyte Lilie grow (Have you seen but a whyte Lilie grow) (from The Devil's an Ass) - Anonymous
• Have you seen but a whyte Lilie grow (from The Devil's an Ass) - Anonymous, F. Delius, M. Herbert, R. Johnson, E. Maconchy
• Hear me, O God! - E. Rubbra (A Hymn to God the Father)
• Hymn to Diana (Queen and huntress, chaste and fair) - M. Carmichael, H. Gál, W. Lockitt, J. Raynor CAT FRE NYN SPA
• Hymn (Queen and huntress, chaste and fair) - D. Argento, B. Britten CAT FRE NYN SPA
• I love, and he loves me again - B. Boyle (A nymph's passion)
• I sing the birth was born to-night - J. Raynor (An Hymn)
• I Sing The Birth (I sing the birth was born to-night) - J. Raynor
• It is not growing like a tree (It is not growing like a tree) - W. Davies, J. Gardner GER
• It is not growing like a tree GER - W. Davies, J. Gardner, L. Lehmann
• Jag deinen Schatten: er flieht deinen Schritt (from Die Fähre, Englische Lyrik aus fünf Jahrhunderten) (Die Schatten) -
• Karolin's song (Though I am young and cannot tell) (from The Sad Shepherd, or, a tale of Robin Hood) - B. Boyle
• Modest and fair, for fair and good are near - E. Elgar
• Modest and Fair (Modest and fair, for fair and good are near) - E. Elgar
• Nicht wie beim Baum die Höh und Pracht (from Die Fähre, Englische Lyrik aus fünf Jahrhunderten) (Edle Art) -
• On Salathiel Pavy, a Child of Queen Elizabeth’s Chapel (Weep with me all you that read) FRE
• O that joy so soon should waste! - G. Bush
• Queen and huntress, chaste and fair CAT FRE NYN SPA - D. Argento, B. Britten, M. Carmichael, H. Gál, W. Lockitt, J. Raynor, C. Stanford
• Queen and Huntress (Queen and huntress, chaste and fair) - C. Stanford CAT FRE NYN SPA
• See, see, the mourning fount, whose springs weep yet (from Cynthia's Revels, or the Fountain of Self Love) - G. Bachlund
• See the chariot at hand here of love DUT - R. Vaughan Williams
• Slow fresh fount (Slow, slow, fresh fount, keep time with my salt tears) - W. Horsley
• Slow, slow, fresh fount, keep time with my salt tears - S. Barab, L. Bassett, G. Bush, J. Eaton, M. Gideon, I. Gurney, D. Hagen, W. Horsley, W. Ogdon, D. Pinkham, R. Quilter, N. Rorem
• Slow, slow, fresh fount (See, see, the mourning fount, whose springs weep yet) (from Cynthia's Revels, or the Fountain of Self Love) - G. Bachlund
• Slow, slow fresh fount (Slow, slow, fresh fount, keep time with my salt tears) - S. Barab, L. Bassett, M. Gideon, W. Ogdon, D. Pinkham
• So beautie on the waters stood (So beautie on the waters stood) - G. Bachlund, A. Ferrabosco
• So beautie on the waters stood - G. Bachlund, A. Ferrabosco
• So breaks the sun earth's rugged chains - G. Bachlund
• So breaks the sun (So breaks the sun earth's rugged chains) - G. Bachlund
• Song from Epicene (Still to be neat, still to be drest) - I. Gurney GER
• Song from The Sad Shepherd (Though I am young and cannot tell) (from The Sad Shepherd, or, a tale of Robin Hood) - I. Gurney
• Song of the glove () - M. Blitzstein [x]
• Song to Celia (Come my Celia, let us prove) - E. Bunge
• Song to Celia (Drink to me only with thine eyes) GER ⊗
• Song (Slow, slow, fresh fount, keep time with my salt tears) - J. Eaton
• So white, so soft, so sweet is she (Have you seen but a whyte Lilie grow) (from The Devil's an Ass) - F. Delius
• Still to be neat, still to be drest GER - E. Bunge, G. Bush, E. Elgar, I. Gurney
• Still to be neat (Still to be neat, still to be drest) - E. Bunge, E. Elgar GER
• Süße Saumsal (Bebändert, geputzt, immer aufs best') (from Die Fähre, Englische Lyrik aus fünf Jahrhunderten)
• That women are but men's shadows (Follow a shadow, it still flies you) (from The Forest) GER
• The faiery beame upon you (The faiery beame upon you) - G. Bachlund
• The faiery beame upon you - G. Bachlund
• The fairy beam upon you (The fairy beam upon you) - D. Steele
• The fairy beam upon you - D. Steele
• The hour glass (Consider this small dust, here in the glass) - D. Pinkham
• The hourglass (Do but consider this small dust) - G. Bachlund, S. Wilkinson
• The Kiss (O that joy so soon should waste!) - G. Bush
• The lily of a day (It is not growing like a tree) - L. Lehmann GER
• The owl is abroad, the bat and the toad - H. Purcell, J. Smith, C. Stanford (The Witches' Charms)
• The Owl Is Abroad (The owl is abroad, the bat and the toad) - H. Purcell, J. Smith
• The Owl is abroad (The Witches' Charms) - H. Purcell (misattributed), J. Smith, C. Stanford
• The shepherds' holyday (Thus, thus begin the yearly rites) - A. Bliss
• The Witches' Charms (The owl is abroad, the bat and the toad)
• Those eyes (Drink to me only with thine eyes) - C. Rogers GER ⊗
• Though I am young and cannot tell (Though I am young and cannot tell) (from The Sad Shepherd, or, a tale of Robin Hood) - M. Carmichael
• Though I am young and cannot tell (from The Sad Shepherd, or, a tale of Robin Hood) - B. Boyle, M. Carmichael, I. Gurney, N. Lanier
• Though I am young (Though I am young and cannot tell) (from The Sad Shepherd, or, a tale of Robin Hood) - N. Lanier
• Thus, thus begin the yearly rites - A. Bliss
• To Celia (Drink to me only with thine eyes) - R. Faith GER ⊗
• Wedding chorus (See the chariot at hand here of love) - R. Vaughan Williams DUT
• Weep with me all ye that read FRE (On Salathiel Pavy, a Child of Queen Elizabeth’s Chapel) - W. Browne
• Weep with me all you that read FRE - W. Browne (On Salathiel Pavy, a Child of Queen Elizabeth’s Chapel)
• Witches' Charms (The owl is abroad, the bat and the toad) - C. Stanford
• Wouldst thou hear what man can say - R. Stöhr (Epitaph)

Last update: 2025-02-07 19:19:35