Texts by C. Hatton, Sir set in Art Songs and Choral Works

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

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• Ah, dear heart, why do you rise? (Ah, dear heart, why do you rise?) - O. Gibbons [possibly misattributed]
• Ah, dear heart, why do you rise? [possibly misattributed] - O. Gibbons
• Dainty fine Bird, that art incaged there (Dainty fine Bird, that art incaged there) - O. Gibbons [possibly misattributed]
• Dainty fine Bird, that art incaged there [possibly misattributed] - O. Gibbons
• Fair is the Rose, yet fades with heat or cold (Fair is the Rose, yet fades with heat or cold) - O. Gibbons [possibly misattributed]
• Fair is the Rose, yet fades with heat or cold [possibly misattributed] - O. Gibbons
• Fair Ladies that to Love captived are (Fair Ladies that to Love captived are) - O. Gibbons [possibly misattributed]
• Fair Ladies that to Love captived are [possibly misattributed] - O. Gibbons
• How art thou thrall’d, O poor despised creature? (How art thou thrall’d, O poor despised creature?) - O. Gibbons [possibly misattributed]
• How art thou thrall’d, O poor despised creature? [possibly misattributed] - O. Gibbons
• Lais now old, that erst attempting Lass (Lais now old, that erst attempting Lass) - O. Gibbons [possibly misattributed]
• Lais now old, that erst attempting Lass [possibly misattributed] - O. Gibbons
• Nay let me weep, though others’ tears be spent (Nay let me weep, though others’ tears be spent) - O. Gibbons [possibly misattributed]
• Nay let me weep, though others’ tears be spent [possibly misattributed] - O. Gibbons
• Now each flowery bank of May (Now each flowery bank of May) - O. Gibbons [possibly misattributed]
• Now each flowery bank of May [possibly misattributed] - O. Gibbons
• O that the learned Poets of our time (O that the learned Poets of this time) - O. Gibbons [possibly misattributed]
• O that the learned Poets of this time [possibly misattributed] - O. Gibbons
• Trust not too much, fair youth, unto thy feature (Trust not too much, fair youth, unto thy feature) - O. Gibbons [possibly misattributed]
• Trust not too much, fair youth, unto thy feature [possibly misattributed] - O. Gibbons

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