by Robert Herrick (1591 - 1674)
When as Leander young was drown'd
Language: English
When as Leander young was drown'd No heart by Love receiv'd a wound, But on a rock himself sat by, There weeping sup'rabundantly. Sighs numberless he cast about, And, all his tapers thus put out, His head upon his hand he laid, And sobbing deeply, thus he said: "Ah, cruel sea," and, looking on't, Wept as he'd drown the Hellespont. And sure his tongue had more express'd But that his tears forbade the rest.
H. Lawes sets lines 1-4, 7-12
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View text with all available footnotesConfirmed with The Hesperides & Noble Numbers Volume 1 by Robert Herrick, edited by Alfred Pollard, Lawrence & Bullen Limited, London, 1898.
Text Authorship:
- by Robert Herrick (1591 - 1674), "Leander's Obsequies", appears in The Hesperides, no. 119 [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 Henry Lawes (c1595 - 1662), "Leander Drownd", published 1655, lines 1-4,7-12 [ voice and continuo ], from The Second Book of Ayres, and Dialogues, no. 13, Confirmed with The Second Book of Ayres and Dialogues, for One, Two, and Three, by Henry Lawes , John Playford, London 1655, Page 12. [sung text checked 1 time]
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