by Thomas Heywood (?1574 - 1641)
Matin Song See original
Language: English
Pack, clouds, away! and welcome, day!
With night we banish sorrow.
Sweet air, blow soft; mount, lark, aloft
To give my Love good-morrow!
Wings from the wind to please her mind,
Notes from the lark I'll borrow:
Bird, prune thy wing! nightingale, sing!
To give my Love good-morrow!
To give my Love good-morrow
Notes from them I'll all borrow.
Wake from thy nest, robin-red-breast!
Sing, birds, in every furrow!
And from each bill, let music shrill
Give my fair Love good-morrow!
Blackbird and thrush in every bush,
Stare, linnet, and cocksparrow!
You pretty elves, among yourselves
Sing my fair Love good-morrow;
Sing, birds, in every furrow!
Pack, clouds away! and welcome day!
With night we banish sorrow.
Sweet air, blow soft; Goodmorrow! Goodmorrow!
Glossary
Stare = starling
Composition:
- Set to music by Eric Ewazen (b. 1954), "Matin Song"
Text Authorship:
- by Thomas Heywood (?1574 - 1641), "Matin Song"
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Research team for this page: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Iain Sneddon [Guest Editor]
This text was added to the website: 2009-03-23
Line count: 20
Word count: 118