by Nicholas Breton (1542 - 1626)

Lovely kind, and kindly loving
 (Sung text for setting by G. Holst)
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Language: English 
Lovely kind, and kindly loving,
Such a mind were worth the moving;
Truly fair, and fairly true -
Where are all these but in you?

Wisely kind, and kindly wise;
Blessed life, where such love lies!
Wise, and kind, and fair, and true -
Lovely live all these in you.

Sweetly dear, and dearly sweet,
Blessed where these blessings meet,
Sweet, fair, wise, kind, blessed, true -
Blessed be all these in you!

Composition:

    Set to music by Gustav Holst (1874 - 1934), "Lovely kind, and kindly loving", op. 16 no. 4 (1903), published 1923 [ soprano and piano ], from Six Songs, no. 4

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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 12
Word count: 70