by Edmund Spenser (1552 - 1599)

Language: English 
Early, before the world's light-giving lamp,
His golden beam upon the hills doth spread,
Having dispersed the night's uncheerful damp,
Do ye awake and with fresh lusty head,
Go to the bower of my beloved love,
My truest turtle dove:
Bid her awake; for Hymen is awake.

Composition:

    Set to music by Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872 - 1958), "Prologue", 1957, published 1957 [ baritone, mixed chorus, orchestra ], from cantata Epithalamion, no. 1, London, Oxford University Press

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This text was added to the website: 2020-01-11
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