by Robert Herrick (1591 - 1674)
What though the heaven be lowering now
Language: English
What though the heaven be lowering now, And look with a contracted brow ? We shall discover, by-and-by, A repurgation of the sky ; And when those clouds away are driven, Then will appear a cheerful heaven.
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Confirmed with Works of Robert Herrick, Vol I, ed. by Alfred Pollard, London, Lawrence & Bullen, 1891, page 236.
Text Authorship:
- by Robert Herrick (1591 - 1674), "Hope well and have well : or, fair after foul weather" [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Fritz Bennicke Hart (1874 - 1949), "Hope well and have well", op. 83 (Nine Sets of Four Songs Each, Set II) no. 2 (1930) [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
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