by Anonymous / Unidentified Author
Sweet honey‑sucking Bees Matches base text
Language: English
Sweet honey-sucking Bees, why do you still surfeit on Roses, Pinks and Violets, as if the choicest Nectar lay in them wherewith you store your curious cabinets? Ah make your flight to Melisuavia's lips: there may you revel in Ambrosian cheer, where smiling Roses and sweet Lilies sit, keeping their springtide graces all the year.
Composition:
- Set to music by John Wilbye (1574 - 1638), "Sweet honey-sucking Bees", published 1609 [ vocal quintet ], madrigal; in The Second Set of Madrigals, xvii-xviii
Text Authorship:
- by Anonymous / Unidentified Author
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This text was added to the website: 2004-12-08
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Word count: 55