by Robert Herrick (1591 - 1674)
Whenas in silks my Julia goes
Language: English
Whenas in silks my Julia goes, Then, then (methinks) how sweetly flows That liquefaction of her clothes. Next, when I cast mine eyes, and see That brave vibration each way free, O how that glittering taketh me!
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- by Robert Herrick (1591 - 1674), "Upon Julia's clothes" [author's text not yet checked 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 Bruce Adolphe (b. 1955), "Upon Julia's clothes", published 1982 [ tenor and piano ], from To His Imaginary Mistress, no. 1 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Geoffrey Bush (1920 - 1998), "Upon Julia's Clothes", 1949 [ baritone and piano ], from Four Songs from Herrick's 'Hesperides', no. 4 [sung text not yet checked]
- by John Corigliano (b. 1938), "Upon Julia's clothes", 1959, published c1981, from Petit Fours (A Song Cyclette), no. 1 [sung text not yet checked]
- by John Edmunds (1913 - 1986), "Whenas in silks my Julia goes" [sung text not yet checked]
- by John Linton Gardner (1917 - 2011), "Upon Julia's clothes", op. 224 no. 3 (1996 ) [ SATB chorus and piano duet ], from Waltzsongs, no. 3 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Fritz Bennicke Hart (1874 - 1949), "Upon Julia's clothes", op. 23 (Twenty-one songs) no. 2 (1916) [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by John Lessard (b. 1920), "Whenas in silks my Julia goes", published 1984 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Humphrey Procter-Gregg (1895 - 1980), "To Julia" [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Ned Rorem (1923 - 2022), "Upon Julia's clothes", published 1952, from Flight For Heaven, no. 3 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Robert Still (1910 - 1971), "To Julia" [sung text checked 1 time]
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 6
Word count: 37