by Robert Herrick (1591 - 1674)
Bright tulips, we do know
Language: English
Bright tulips, we do know
You had your coming hither,
And fading-time does show
That ye must quickly wither.
Your sisterhoods may stay,
And smile here for your hour ;
But die ye must away,
Even as the meanest flower.
Come, virgins, then and see
Your frailties, and bemoan ye ;
For, lost like these, 'twill be
As time had never known ye.
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Text Authorship:
- by Robert Herrick (1591 - 1674), "To a bed of tulips" [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), "To a bed of tulips", op. 10 (Fourteen songs) no. 3 (1912) [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Roger Quilter (1877 - 1953), "Tulips", 1947, first performed 1947 [ voice and piano ], an arrangement of a partsong from 1946 ; Ascherberg, Hopwood and Crew [sung text not yet checked]
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This text was added to the website: 2009-01-30
Line count: 12
Word count: 61