by Robert Herrick (1591 - 1674)
Cherry‑ripe See base text
Language: English
Cherry-ripe, ripe, ripe, I cry, Full and fair ones; come and buy. If it be you ask me where They do grow, I answer: There, Where my Julia's lips do smile; There's the land, or cherry-isle, Whose plantations fully show All the year where cherries grow.
Composition:
- Set to music by Ned Rorem (1923 - 2022), "Cherry-ripe", from Flight For Heaven, no. 2
Text Authorship:
- by Robert Herrick (1591 - 1674), "Cherry-ripe", appears in The Hesperides
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Researcher for this page: Paul Hindemith
This text was added to the website: 2005-04-18
Line count: 8
Word count: 47