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by Robert Herrick (1591 - 1674)

For Thee...
 (Sung text for setting by C. Harris)
 See base text
Language: English 
Bid me to live, and I will live
  Thy Protestant to be:
Or bid me love, and I will give
  A loving heart to thee.

A heart as soft, a heart as kind,
  A heart as sound and free,
As in the whole world thou canst find,
 That heart I'll give to thee.

 ... 

Bid me to weep, and I will weep,
  While I have eyes to see:
And having none, yet I will keep
  A heart to weep for thee.

Bid that heart stay, and it will stay,
  To honour thy Decree:
Or bid it languish quite away,
  And 't shall doe so for thee.

 ... 

Thou art my life, my love, my heart,
The very eyes of me:
And has command of ev'ry part,
To live and die for thee.

Composition:

    Set to music by Christopher H. Harris , "For Thee...", stanzas 1-2,4,3,6 [ SATB chorus a cappella ]

Text Authorship:

  • by Robert Herrick (1591 - 1674)

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Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 24
Word count: 153

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