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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Research team for this page: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Iain Sneddon [Guest Editor]
This text was added to the website: 2009-03-23
Line count: 20
Word count: 118