Author: Edmund Spenser (1552 - 1599)
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- Ah! when will this long weary day have end (from Epithalamion) - Ralph Vaughan Williams (The lover's song)
- And thou, great Iuno! which with awful might (from Epithalamion) - Ralph Vaughan Williams (Prayer to Juno)
- And thou, great Iuno! which with awful might (from Epithalamion) - Ralph Vaughan Williams (Prayer to Juno)
- And ye high heavens, the temple of the gods (from Epithalamion)
- Behold, whiles she before the altar stands (from Epithalamion)
- Bring with you all the nymphes that you can heare (from Epithalamion) - Ralph Vaughan Williams (Wake now)
- Bring with you all the nymphes that you can heare (from Epithalamion) - Ralph Vaughan Williams (Wake now)
- But if ye saw that which no eyes can see (from Epithalamion)
- But let stil Silence trew night-watches keepe (from Epithalamion)
- Early, before the worlds light-giving lampe (from Epithalamion) - Ralph Vaughan Williams (Prologue)
- Faire is the heaven, where happy soules have place - William Henry Harris, Sir (Faire is the heaven)
- Faire is the heaven (Faire is the heaven, where happy soules have place) - William Henry Harris, Sir
- Faire ye be sure, but cruell and unkind - Maurice Greene (Faire ye be sure)
- Faire ye be sure (Faire ye be sure, but cruell and unkind) - Maurice Greene
- Fair is my Love, when her fair golden hairs - Arthur Edward Drummond Bliss, Sir (Fair is my Love)
- Fair is my Love (Fair is my Love, when her fair golden hairs) - Arthur Edward Drummond Bliss, Sir
- Harke! how the minstrils gin to shrill aloud (from Epithalamion) - Ralph Vaughan Williams (The minstrels)
- How long shall this like dying life endure - Maurice Greene (How long shall this)
- How long shall this (How long shall this like dying life endure) - Maurice Greene
- Let no lamenting cryes, nor dolefull teares (from Epithalamion)
- Like as the Culver on the bared bough - Maurice Greene (Like as the Culver)
- Like as the Culver (Like as the Culver on the bared bough) - Maurice Greene
- Loe! where she comes along with portly pace (from Epithalamion) - Ralph Vaughan Williams (Procession of the bride)
- Loe! where she comes along with portly pace (from Epithalamion) - Ralph Vaughan Williams (Procession of the bride)
- My love is like to ice, and I to fire - Jean Berger, né Arthur Schloßberg
- My love is now awake out of her dreame (from Epithalamion)
- Now al is done; bring home the bride againe (from Epithalamion)
- Now ceasse, ye damsels, your delights fore-past (from Epithalamion)
- Now is my Love all ready forth to come (from Epithalamion) - Ralph Vaughan Williams (The calling of the bride)
- Now welcome, Night! thou night so long expected (from Epithalamion) - Ralph Vaughan Williams (The minstrel's song)
- Now welcome, Night! thou night so long expected (from Epithalamion) - Ralph Vaughan Williams (The minstrel's song)
- One day I wrote her name upon the strand (Sonnet LXXV)
- One day I wrote her name upon the strand - Bo Holten (Sonnet 75)
- Open the temple gates unto my Love (from Epithalamion) - Ralph Vaughan Williams (The temple gates)
- Open the temple gates unto my Love (from Epithalamion) - Ralph Vaughan Williams (The temple gates)
- Open the temple gates unto my Love (from Epithalamion) - Ralph Vaughan Williams (The temple gates)
- Prayer to Juno (And thou, great Iuno! which with awful might) (from Epithalamion) - Ralph Vaughan Williams
- Prayer to Juno (And thou, great Iuno! which with awful might) (from Epithalamion) - Ralph Vaughan Williams
- Procession of the bride (Loe! where she comes along with portly pace) (from Epithalamion) - Ralph Vaughan Williams
- Procession of the bride (Loe! where she comes along with portly pace) (from Epithalamion) - Ralph Vaughan Williams
- Prologue (Early, before the worlds light-giving lampe) (from Epithalamion) - Ralph Vaughan Williams
- Ring ye the bels, ye yong men of the towne (from Epithalamion) - Ralph Vaughan Williams (The bell ringers)
- Song of the winged loves (The whiles an hundred little winged Loves) (from Epithalamion) - Ralph Vaughan Williams
- Sonnet XXVI (Sweet is the Rose, but growes vpon a brere)
- Sonnet LXXV (One day I wrote her name upon the strand)
- Sonnet 75 (One day I wrote her name upon the strand) - Bo Holten
- Sweet is the Rose, but growes vpon a brere (Sonnet XXVI)
- Sweet is the Rose, but growes vpon a brere - Marc Blitzstein (Sweet is the rose)
- Sweet is the rose (Sweet is the Rose, but growes vpon a brere) - Marc Blitzstein
- Sweet smile, the daughter of the Queene of Love - Maurice Greene (Sweet smile)
- Sweet smile (Sweet smile, the daughter of the Queene of Love) - Maurice Greene
- Tell me, ye merchants daughters, did ye see (from Epithalamion)
- The bell ringers (Ring ye the bels, ye yong men of the towne) (from Epithalamion) - Ralph Vaughan Williams
- The calling of the bride (Now is my Love all ready forth to come) (from Epithalamion) - Ralph Vaughan Williams
- The joyous birds hid under greenwood shade FRE
- The lover's song (Ah! when will this long weary day have end) (from Epithalamion) - Ralph Vaughan Williams
- The love which me so cruelly tormenteth - Maurice Greene (The love which me)
- The love which me (The love which me so cruelly tormenteth) - Maurice Greene
- The merry cuckoo, messenger of spring - (Edward) Benjamin Britten (The merry cuckoo)
- The merry cuckoo (The merry cuckoo, messenger of spring) - (Edward) Benjamin Britten
- The minstrel's song (Now welcome, Night! thou night so long expected) (from Epithalamion) - Ralph Vaughan Williams
- The minstrel's song (Now welcome, Night! thou night so long expected) (from Epithalamion) - Ralph Vaughan Williams
- The minstrels (Harke! how the minstrils gin to shrill aloud) (from Epithalamion) - Ralph Vaughan Williams
- The rolling wheele that runneth often round - Maurice Greene (The rolling wheele)
- The rolling wheele (The rolling wheele that runneth often round) - Maurice Greene
- The temple gates (Open the temple gates unto my Love) (from Epithalamion) - Ralph Vaughan Williams
- The temple gates (Open the temple gates unto my Love) (from Epithalamion) - Ralph Vaughan Williams
- The temple gates (Open the temple gates unto my Love) (from Epithalamion) - Ralph Vaughan Williams
- The whiles an hundred little winged Loves (from Epithalamion) - Ralph Vaughan Williams (Song of the winged loves)
- Wake now, my Love, awake! for it is time (from Epithalamion)
- Wake now (Bring with you all the nymphes that you can heare) (from Epithalamion) - Ralph Vaughan Williams
- Wake now (Bring with you all the nymphes that you can heare) (from Epithalamion) - Ralph Vaughan Williams
- What if some little pain the passage have - Ned Rorem (What if some little pain)
- What if some little pain (What if some little pain the passage have) - Ned Rorem
- Who is the same which at my window peepes? (from Epithalamion)
- Ye learned Sisters, which have oftentimes (from Epithalamion)
- Ye Nymphes of Mulla, which with carefull heed (from Epithalamion)
Last update: 2020-01-12 12:34:45