Texts to Art Songs and Choral Works by W. Lawes

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William Lawes (1602 - 1645)

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Songs from the Autograph Songbook

no. 1. Now in the sad declension of thy time (Text: Anonymous)
no. 2. Virgins as I advise forbear (Text: Anonymous)
no. 3. Dost see how unregarded now (Text: John Suckling, Sir)
no. 4. If you a wrinkle on the sea have been (Text: Anonymous)
no. 5. Ask me no more where Jove bestows (Text: Thomas Carew) FRE
no. 6. Oh, think not Phoebe (Text: Anonymous) [x]
no. 7. Up ladies up (Text: Anonymous) [x]
no. 8. Faith, be no longer coy (Text: Anonymous) [x]
no. 9. Cupid's weary of the court (Text: Anonymous) [x]
no. 10. It is her voice (Text: Anonymous) [x]
no. 11. Where did you borrow that last sigh (Text: Anonymous) [x]
no. 12. Why should great beauty (Text: Anonymous) [x]
no. 13. Pleasures, beauty, youth attend ye (Text: Anonymous) [x]
no. 14. Whiles I this standing lake (Text: Anonymous) [x]
no. 15. To whom shall I complain (Text: Anonymous) [x]
no. 16. Had you but heard he sing (Text: Anonymous) [x]
no. 17. Farewell fair saint (Text: Thomas Cary) [x]
no. 18. Love's a child (Text: Henry Glapthorne) [x]
no. 19. Early in the morn (Text: Anonymous) [x]
no. 20. Thou that excellest (Text: John Wilson) [x]
no. 21. Perfect and endless circles are (Text: Anonymous) [x]
no. 22. Can beauty's spring (Text: Anonymous) [x]
no. 23. Tell me no more (Text: Sr. He. Moody)
no. 24. God of winds (Text: Anonymous) [x]
no. 25. I would the god of love would die (Text: James Shirley) [x]
no. 26. Ah, cruel love (Text: Robert Herrick)
no. 27. He that will not love (Text: Robert Herrick)
no. 28. I burn, I burn. To the Dews (Text: Robert Herrick)
no. 29. White though ye be. On the Lilies (Text: Robert Herrick)
no. 30. Gather ye rosebuds (Text: Robert Herrick) SPA
no. 31. I'm sick of love (Text: Robert Herrick)
no. 32. Lovers, rejoice (Text: Francis Beaumont; John Fletcher) [x]
no. 33. That flame is born of earthly fire (Text: Anonymous) [x]
no. 34. Dearest, all fair (Text: Anonymous) [x]
no. 35. Be not proud, pretty one (Text: Anonymous) [x]
no. 36. Love, I obey (Text: Anonymous) [x]
no. 37. Oh, draw your curtains and appear (Text: William D'Avenant, Sir)
no. 38. O Love, are all those arrows gone (Text: Anonymous) [x]
no. 39. Ye fiends and furies (Text: William D'Avenant, Sir) [x]
no. 40. Hence flatt'ring hopes (Text: Anonymous)
no. 41. Stay, Phoebus, stay (Text: Edmund Waller)
no. 42. Cloris, I wish that Envy were as just (Text: Anonymous)
no. 43. Doris, see the am'rous flame (Text: Anonymous)
no. 44. Those lovers only happy are (Text: Anonymous)
no. 45. Amarillis tear thy hair (Text: Anonymous)
no. 46. Why so pale and wan, fond lover? (Text: John Suckling, Sir) GER

All titles of vocal settings in Alphabetic order

A Dialogue between Charon and Philomel (Text: Anonymous)
A Dialogue between Daphne and Strephon (Text: Anonymous)
A hall, a hall, to welcome our friend (Text: John Suckling, Sir) [x]
Ah, cruel love (in Songs from the Autograph Songbook) (Text: Robert Herrick)
Amarillis tear thy hair (in Songs from the Autograph Songbook) (Text: Anonymous)
Ask me no more where Jove bestows (in Songs from the Autograph Songbook) (Text: Thomas Carew) FRE
Be not proud, pretty one (in Songs from the Autograph Songbook) (Text: Anonymous) [x]
Can beauty's spring (in Songs from the Autograph Songbook) (Text: Anonymous) [x]
Cloris, I wish that Envy were as just (in Songs from the Autograph Songbook) (Text: Anonymous)
Cupid's weary of the court (in Songs from the Autograph Songbook) (Text: Anonymous) [x]
Dearest, all fair (in Songs from the Autograph Songbook) (Text: Anonymous) [x]
Doris, see the am'rous flame (in Songs from the Autograph Songbook) (Text: Anonymous)
Dost see how unregarded now (in Songs from the Autograph Songbook) (Text: John Suckling, Sir)
Early in the morn (in Songs from the Autograph Songbook) (Text: Anonymous) [x]
Faith, be no longer coy (in Songs from the Autograph Songbook) (Text: Anonymous) [x]
Farewell fair saint (in Songs from the Autograph Songbook) (Text: Thomas Cary) [x]
Gather ye rosebuds (in Songs from the Autograph Songbook) (Text: Robert Herrick) SPA
God of winds (in Songs from the Autograph Songbook) (Text: Anonymous) [x]
Had you but heard he sing (in Songs from the Autograph Songbook) (Text: Anonymous) [x]
Hence flatt'ring hopes (in Songs from the Autograph Songbook) (Text: Anonymous)
He that will not love (in Songs from the Autograph Songbook) (Text: Robert Herrick)
I burn, I burn. To the Dews (in Songs from the Autograph Songbook) (Text: Robert Herrick)
If you a wrinkle on the sea have been (in Songs from the Autograph Songbook) (Text: Anonymous)
I'm sick of love (in Songs from the Autograph Songbook) (Text: Robert Herrick)
It is her voice (in Songs from the Autograph Songbook) (Text: Anonymous) [x]
I would the god of love would die (in Songs from the Autograph Songbook) (Text: James Shirley) [x]
Lady Anne Bothwell's Lament (Text: 17^th century)
Love, I obey (in Songs from the Autograph Songbook) (Text: Anonymous) [x]
Lovers, rejoice (in Songs from the Autograph Songbook) (Text: Francis Beaumont; John Fletcher) [x]
Love's a child (in Songs from the Autograph Songbook) (Text: Henry Glapthorne) [x]
Now in the sad declension of thy time (in Songs from the Autograph Songbook) (Text: Anonymous)
Oh, draw your curtains and appear (in Songs from the Autograph Songbook) (Text: William D'Avenant, Sir)
Oh, think not Phoebe (in Songs from the Autograph Songbook) (Text: Anonymous) [x]
O Love, are all those arrows gone (in Songs from the Autograph Songbook) (Text: Anonymous) [x]
Perfect and endless circles are (in Songs from the Autograph Songbook) (Text: Anonymous) [x]
Pleasures, beauty, youth attend ye (in Songs from the Autograph Songbook) (Text: Anonymous) [x]
She weepeth sore (Text: Bible or other Sacred Texts)
Stay, Phoebus, stay (in Songs from the Autograph Songbook) (Text: Edmund Waller)
Tell me no more (in Songs from the Autograph Songbook) (Text: Sr. He. Moody)
That flame is born of earthly fire (in Songs from the Autograph Songbook) (Text: Anonymous) [x]
Those lovers only happy are (in Songs from the Autograph Songbook) (Text: Anonymous)
Thou that excellest (in Songs from the Autograph Songbook) (Text: John Wilson) [x]
To whom shall I complain (in Songs from the Autograph Songbook) (Text: Anonymous) [x]
Up ladies up (in Songs from the Autograph Songbook) (Text: Anonymous) [x]
Virgins as I advise forbear (in Songs from the Autograph Songbook) (Text: Anonymous)
Where did you borrow that last sigh (in Songs from the Autograph Songbook) (Text: Anonymous) [x]
Whiles I this standing lake (in Songs from the Autograph Songbook) (Text: Anonymous) [x]
White though ye be. On the Lilies (in Songs from the Autograph Songbook) (Text: Robert Herrick)
Why should great beauty (in Songs from the Autograph Songbook) (Text: Anonymous) [x]
Why so pale and wan, fond lover? (in Songs from the Autograph Songbook) (Text: John Suckling, Sir) GER
Ye fiends and furies (in Songs from the Autograph Songbook) (Text: William D'Avenant, Sir) [x]

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