by Robert Herrick (1591 - 1674)
Morning song See original
Language: English
Let's now take our time While we're in our prime, And old, old age is afar off: For the evil, evil days Will come on apace, Before we can be aware of.
Composition:
- Set to music by Roger Quilter (1877 - 1953), "Morning song", op. 7 no. 3 (c1905), published 1907 [ SATB chorus a cappella ], from Five Lyics of Robert Herrick, no. 3, Forsyth
Text Authorship:
- by Robert Herrick (1591 - 1674), "To be merry"
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Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website: 2009-01-31
Line count: 6
Word count: 33