by Robert Herrick (1591 - 1674)
Some ask'd me where the rubies grew
Language: English
Some ask'd me where the rubies grew, And nothing I did say, But with my finger pointed to The lips of Julia. Some ask'd how pearls did grow, and where? Then spake I to my girl, To part her lips, and show me there The quarelets of pearl. One ask'd me where the roses grew, I bade him not go seek; But forthwith made my Julia show A bud on either cheek.
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- by Robert Herrick (1591 - 1674), "The rock of rubies, and the quarry of pearls" [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Charles Hubert Hastings Parry, Sir (1848 - 1918), "Julia", 1888-1906, published 1907, from the collection English Lyrics, Seventh Set, no. 5. [text verified 1 time]
- by Albert Spalding (1888 - 1953), "The Rock of Rubies and the Quarrie of Pearls" [text verified 1 time]
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This text was added to the website: 2003-10-13
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