by Robert Herrick (1591 - 1674)
Ye may simper, blush and smile
Language: English
Ye may simper, blush and smile, And perfume the air awhile ; But, sweet things, ye must be gone, Fruit, ye know, is coming on ; Then, ah ! then, where is your grace, Whenas cherries come in place.
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Confirmed with Works of Robert Herrick, Vol I, ed. by Alfred Pollard, London, Lawrence & Bullen, 1891, page 89.
Text Authorship:
- by Robert Herrick (1591 - 1674), "To Cherry-Blossoms" [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 Cherry-Blossoms", op. 87 (Nine Sets of Four Songs Each, Set VI) no. 2 (1930) [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
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