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: 111