by Robert Herrick (1591 - 1674)
The old wives' prayer
Language: English
Holyrood, come forth and shield Us i' th' city and the field : Safely guard us, now and aye, From the blast that burns by day ; And those sounds that us affright In the dead of dampish night. Drive all hurtful fiends us fro, By the time the cocks first crow.
Confirmed with Works of Robert Herrick, Vol I, ed. by Alfred Pollard, London, Lawrence & Bullen, 1891, pages 222.
Text Authorship:
- by Robert Herrick (1591 - 1674), "The old wives' prayer" [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), "The old wives' prayer", op. 86 (Nine Sets of Four Songs Each, Set V) no. 2 (1930) [ voice and piano ], first setting [sung text not yet checked]
- by Fritz Bennicke Hart (1874 - 1949), "The old wives' prayer", op. 148 (Five Songs) no. 4 (1941) [ voice and piano ], second setting [sung text not yet checked]
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