by Robert Herrick (1591 - 1674)
Dew sat on Julia's hair
Language: English
Dew sat on Julia's hair And spangled too, Like leaves that laden are With trembling dew: Or glittered to my sight, As when the beams Have their reflected light Danc'd by the streams.
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Text Authorship:
- by Robert Herrick (1591 - 1674), "Upon Julia's hair fill'd with dew" [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 Fritz Bennicke Hart (1874 - 1949), "Upon Julia's hair filled with dew", op. 23 (Twenty-one songs) no. 9 (1916) [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Roger Quilter (1877 - 1953), "Julia's hair", op. 8 no. 5 (1905), published 1906 [ voice and piano ], from To Julia, no. 5, 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: 8
Word count: 33