by Robert Herrick (1591 - 1674)
A Hymn to Venus and Cupid
Language: English
Sea-born goddess, let me be By thy son thus grac'd and thee ; That whene'er I woo, I find Virgins coy but not unkind. Let me when I kiss a maid Taste her lips so overlaid With love's syrup, that I may, In your temple when I pray, Kiss the altar and confess There's in love no bitterness.
Confirmed with Works of Robert Herrick, Vol I, ed. by Alfred Pollard, London, Lawrence & Bullen, 1891, page 174.
Authorship:
- by Robert Herrick (1591 - 1674), "A Hymn to Venus and Cupid" [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), "A Hymn to Venus and Cupid", op. 167 (Five Songs for Voice and Pianoforte) no. 3 (1948) [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
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