by Robert Herrick (1591 - 1674)
No more, my Silvia, do I mean to pray
Language: English
No more, my Silvia, do I mean to pray For those good days that ne'er will come away. I want belief; O gentle Silvia, be The patient saint, and send up vows for me.
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Text Authorship:
- by Robert Herrick (1591 - 1674), "To Sylvia" [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), "No more, my Silvia", op. 150 (Five Songs) no. 4 (1941) [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
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