by Thomas Carew (1595? - 1639?) and possibly by Robert Herrick (1591 - 1674)
The Primrose See original
Language: English
Ask me why I send you here This sweet Infanta of the year? Ask me why I send to you This Primrose, thus be-pearled with dew? I will whisper to your ears: The sweets of love are mix'd with tears. Ask me why the flow'r does show So yellow-green, and sickly too? Ask me why the stalk is weak And bending, yet it doth not break? I will answer: -- these discover What fainting hopes are in a lover.
Composition:
- Set to music by Frank Bridge (1879 - 1941), "The Primrose", 1902 [ voice and piano ], from Two Songs [1902], no. 1
Text Authorship:
- by Thomas Carew (1595? - 1639?)
- possibly by Robert Herrick (1591 - 1674)
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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
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Word count: 81