by Robert Herrick (1591 - 1674)
The maiden blush
Language: English
So look the mornings when the sun Paints them with fresh vermilion: So cherries blush, and Kathern pears, And apricocks in youthful years; So corals look more lovely red, And rubies lately polished: So purest diaper doth shine, Stain'd by the beams of claret wine: As Julia looks when she doth dress Her either cheek with bashfulness.
Text Authorship:
- by Robert Herrick (1591 - 1674), appears in The Hesperides [author's text not yet checked 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 Roger Quilter (1877 - 1953), "The maiden blush", op. 8 no. 2 (1905), published 1906 [ voice and piano ], from To Julia, no. 2, London, Boosey [sung text checked 1 time]
Researcher for this page: Paul Hindemith
This text was added to the website: 2005-04-18
Line count: 10
Word count: 57