by Robert Herrick (1591 - 1674)
To the Nightingale and Robin Redbreast
Language: English
When I departed am, ring thou my knell, Thou pitiful and pretty Philomel : And when I'm laid out for a corse, then be Thou sexton, redbreast, for to cover me.
Confirmed with Works of Robert Herrick, Vol I, ed. by Alfred Pollard, London, Lawrence & Bullen, 1891, page 138.
Authorship:
- by Robert Herrick (1591 - 1674), "To the Nightingale and Robin Redbreast" [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), "To the Nightingale and Robin Redbreast", op. 85 (Nine Sets of Four Songs Each, Set IV) no. 4 (1930) [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
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