by Thomas Heywood (?1574 - 1641)
Pack, clouds, away See original
Language: English
Pack, clouds, away! and welcome, day! With night we banish sorrow. Sweet air, blow soft; mount, larks, 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 both I'll borrow. Wake from thy nest, robin-red-breast! Sing, birds, in every furrow! And from each hill, let music shrill Give my fair Love good-morrow! Blackbird and thrush in every bush, Stare, linnet, and cocksparrow! You pretty elves, amongst yourselves Sing my fair Love good-morrow; To give my Love good-morrow Sing, birds, in every furrow!
Glossary
Stare = starling
Composition:
- Set to music by George Whitefield Chadwick (1854 - 1931), "Pack, clouds, away", published 1910 [ TTBB quartet or chorus with piano ad libitum ], from Three Partsongs, no. 3
Text Authorship:
- by Thomas Heywood (?1574 - 1641), "Matin Song"
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This text was added to the website: 2009-03-23
Line count: 20
Word count: 118