by Robert Herrick (1591 - 1674)
How violets came blew Matches base text
Language: English
Love on a day, wise poets tell, Some time in wrangling spent, Whether the violets should excel Or she, in sweetest scent. But Venus having lost the day, Poor girls, she fell on you : And beat ye so, as some dare say, Her blows did make ye blue.
Composition:
- Set to music by Andy Vores (b. 1956), "How violets came blew", from Household Tales, no. 7
Text Authorship:
- by Robert Herrick (1591 - 1674), "How violets became blue"
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Word count: 48