by Robert Herrick (1591 - 1674)
Frolic virgins once these were
Language: English
Frolic virgins once these were, Over-loving, living here ; Being here their ends denied, Ran for sweethearts mad, and died. Love, in pity of their tears, And their loss in blooming years, For their restless here-spent hours, Gave them heart's-ease turn'd to flowers.
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Confirmed with Works of Robert Herrick, Vol I, ed. by Alfred Pollard, London, Lawrence & Bullen, 1891, page 190.
Text Authorship:
- by Robert Herrick (1591 - 1674), "How pansies or heart's-ease came first" [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), "Frolic virgins once these were", op. 84 (Nine Sets of Four Songs Each, Set III) no. 4 (1930) [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
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