by Robert Herrick (1591 - 1674)
The Night Piece Matches original text
Language: English
Her eyes the glow-worm lend thee, The shooting stars attend thee; And the elves also, Whose little eyes glow Like the sparks of fire, befriend thee. No Will-o'th'-Wisp mislight thee; Nor snake, or slow-worm bite thee: But on, on thy way Not making a stay, Since ghost there's none to affright thee. Let not the dark thee cumber: What though the moon does slumber? The stars of the night Will lend thee their light, Like tapers clear without number. Then Julia let me woo thee, Thus, thus to come unto me; And when I shall meet Thy silv'ry feet, My soul I'll pour into thee.
Confirmed with The Hesperides and Noble Numbers, edited by Alfred Pollard, with a preface by A.C. Swinburne, Volume II, London: Lawrence and Bullen; New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1891, pages 17-18.
Research team for this page: Paul Hindemith , Sharon Krebs [Senior Associate Editor]
Composition:
- Set to music by Roger Quilter (1877 - 1953), "The Night Piece", op. 8 no. 4 (1905), published 1906 [ voice and piano ], from To Julia, no. 4, London, Boosey
Text Authorship:
- by Robert Herrick (1591 - 1674), "The Night Piece, to Julia", appears in The Hesperides
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Research team for this page: Paul Hindemith , Sharon Krebs [Senior Associate Editor]
This text was added to the website: 2005-04-18
Line count: 20
Word count: 105