Texts by E. Spenser set in Art Songs and Choral Works
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- Ah! when will this long weary day have end (from Amoretti and Epithalamion - Epithalamion) - R. Vaughan Williams
- And thou, great Iuno! which with awful might (from Amoretti and Epithalamion - Epithalamion)
- And ye high heavens, the temple of the gods (from Amoretti and Epithalamion - Epithalamion)
- Behold, whiles she before the altar stands (from Amoretti and Epithalamion - Epithalamion)
- Be nought dismayd that her unmoved mind (from Amoretti and Epithalamion) - E. Rubbra (Sonnet VI)
- Bring with you all the nymphes that you can heare (from Amoretti and Epithalamion - Epithalamion)
- But if ye saw that which no eyes can see (from Amoretti and Epithalamion - Epithalamion)
- But let still Silence true night watches keep
- But let stil Silence trew night-watches keepe (from Amoretti and Epithalamion - Epithalamion)
- Early, before the worlds light-giving lampe (from Amoretti and Epithalamion - Epithalamion) - R. Vaughan Williams
- Faire is the heaven, where happy soules have place - W. Harris
- Faire is the heaven (Faire is the heaven, where happy soules have place) - W. Harris
- Faire ye be sure, but cruell and unkind - M. Greene
- Faire ye be sure (Faire ye be sure, but cruell and unkind) - M. Greene
- Fair eyes! the mirror of my mazed heart (from Amoretti and Epithalamion) (Sonnet VII) - B. Dieren
- Fair is my Love, when her fair golden hairs - A. Bliss, C. Parry
- Fair is my Love (Fair is my Love, when her fair golden hairs) - A. Bliss, C. Parry
- Fayre eyes, the myrrour of my mazed hart (from Amoretti and Epithalamion) - B. Dieren (Sonnet VII)
- Fresh Spring, the herald of love’s mighty king (from Amoretti and Epithalamion) - E. Rubbra (Sonnet LXX)
- Harke! how the minstrils gin to shrill aloud (from Amoretti and Epithalamion - Epithalamion) - R. Vaughan Williams
- How long shall this like dying life endure - M. Greene
- How long shall this (How long shall this like dying life endure) - M. Greene
- Hymne of heavenly love () - I. Boyle [x]
- Lacking my love, I go from place to place (from Amoretti and Epithalamion) - E. Rubbra (Sonnet LXXVIII)
- Let no lamenting cryes, nor dolefull teares (from Amoretti and Epithalamion - Epithalamion)
- Like as the Culver on the bared bough - M. Greene
- Like as the Culver (Like as the Culver on the bared bough) - M. Greene
- Loe! where she comes along with portly pace (from Amoretti and Epithalamion - Epithalamion)
- Mark when she smiles with amiable cheer (from Amoretti and Epithalamion) - E. Rubbra (Sonnet XL)
- Men call you fair, and you do credit it (from Amoretti and Epithalamion) - E. Rubbra (Sonnet LXXIX)
- Most glorious Lord of life, that on this day (from Amoretti and Epithalamion) - E. Rubbra (Sonnet LXVIII)
- My love is like to ice, and I to fire - J. Berger
- My love is now awake out of her dreame (from Amoretti and Epithalamion - Epithalamion)
- New yeare forth looking out of Janus gate (from Amoretti and Epithalamion) - E. Rubbra (Sonnet IIII)
- Now al is done; bring home the bride againe (from Amoretti and Epithalamion - Epithalamion)
- Now ceasse, ye damsels, your delights fore-past (from Amoretti and Epithalamion - Epithalamion)
- Now is my Love all ready forth to come (from Amoretti and Epithalamion - Epithalamion)
- Now is my love all ready forth to come - R. Vaughan Williams
- Now welcome, Night! thou night so long expected (from Amoretti and Epithalamion - Epithalamion)
- One day I wrote her name upon the strand (from Amoretti and Epithalamion) - B. Holten (Sonnet LXXV)
- Open the temple gates unto my Love (from Amoretti and Epithalamion - Epithalamion)
- Prologue (Early, before the worlds light-giving lampe) (from Amoretti and Epithalamion - Epithalamion) - R. Vaughan Williams
- Ring ye the bels, ye yong men of the towne (from Amoretti and Epithalamion - Epithalamion) - R. Vaughan Williams
- Shall I then silent be or shall I speake? (from Amoretti and Epithalamion) - E. Rubbra (Sonnet XLIII)
- Song of the winged loves (The whiles an hundred little wingèd loves) - R. Vaughan Williams
- Sonnet II (Unquiet thought, whom at the first I bred) (from Amoretti and Epithalamion) - E. Rubbra
- Sonnet IV (New yeare forth looking out of Janus gate) (from Amoretti and Epithalamion) - E. Rubbra
- Sonnet VI (Be nought dismayd that her unmoved mind) (from Amoretti and Epithalamion) - E. Rubbra
- Sonetto VII (Fayre eyes, the myrrour of my mazed hart) (from Amoretti and Epithalamion) - B. Dieren
- Sonnet XXVI (Sweet is the Rose, but growes vpon a brere) (from Amoretti and Epithalamion)
- Sonnet XXXVII (What guile is this, that those her golden tresses) (from Amoretti and Epithalamion) - E. Rubbra
- Sonnet XL (Mark when she smiles with amiable cheer) (from Amoretti and Epithalamion) - E. Rubbra
- Sonnet XLIII (Shall I then silent be or shall I speake?) (from Amoretti and Epithalamion) - E. Rubbra
- Sonnet LXVIII (Most glorious Lord of life, that on this day) (from Amoretti and Epithalamion) - E. Rubbra
- Sonnet LXX (Fresh Spring, the herald of love’s mighty king) (from Amoretti and Epithalamion) - E. Rubbra
- Sonnet 75 (One day I wrote her name upon the strand) (from Amoretti and Epithalamion) - B. Holten
- Sonnet LXXVIII (Lacking my love, I go from place to place) (from Amoretti and Epithalamion) - E. Rubbra
- Sonnet LXXIX (Men call you fair, and you do credit it) (from Amoretti and Epithalamion) - E. Rubbra
- Sonnet IIII (New yeare forth looking out of Janus gate) (from Amoretti and Epithalamion)
- Sweet is the Rose, but growes vpon a brere (from Amoretti and Epithalamion) - M. Blitzstein (Sonnet XXVI)
- Sweet is the rose (Sweet is the Rose, but growes vpon a brere) (from Amoretti and Epithalamion) - M. Blitzstein
- Sweet smile, the daughter of the Queene of Love - M. Greene
- Sweet smile (Sweet smile, the daughter of the Queene of Love) - M. Greene
- Tell me, ye merchants daughters, did ye see (from Amoretti and Epithalamion - Epithalamion)
- The bell ringers (Ring ye the bels, ye yong men of the towne) (from Amoretti and Epithalamion - Epithalamion) - R. Vaughan Williams
- The calling of the bride (Now is my love all ready forth to come) - R. Vaughan Williams
- The lover's song (Ah! when will this long weary day have end) (from Amoretti and Epithalamion - Epithalamion) - R. Vaughan Williams
- The love which me so cruelly tormenteth - M. Greene
- The love which me (The love which me so cruelly tormenteth) - M. Greene
- The merry cuckoo, messenger of spring - B. Britten
- The merry cuckoo (The merry cuckoo, messenger of spring) - B. Britten
- The minstrels (Harke! how the minstrils gin to shrill aloud) (from Amoretti and Epithalamion - Epithalamion) - R. Vaughan Williams
- The rolling wheele that runneth often round - M. Greene
- The rolling wheele (The rolling wheele that runneth often round) - M. Greene
- The whiles an hundred little wingèd loves - R. Vaughan Williams
- Unquiet thought, whom at the first I bred (from Amoretti and Epithalamion) - E. Rubbra (Sonnet II)
- Wake now, my Love, awake! for it is time (from Amoretti and Epithalamion - Epithalamion)
- What guile is this, that those her golden tresses (from Amoretti and Epithalamion) - E. Rubbra (Sonnet XXXVII)
- What if some little pain the passage have - N. Rorem
- What if some little pain (What if some little pain the passage have) - N. Rorem
- Who is the same which at my window peepes? (from Amoretti and Epithalamion - Epithalamion)
- Ye learned Sisters, which have oftentimes (from Amoretti and Epithalamion - Epithalamion)
- Ye Nymphes of Mulla, which with carefull heed (from Amoretti and Epithalamion - Epithalamion)
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