by Robert Herrick (1591 - 1674)
Love love begets, then never be
Language: English
Love love begets, then never be Unsoft to him who's smooth to thee. Tigers and bears, I've heard some say, For proffer'd love will love repay: None are so harsh, but if they find Softness in others, will be kind; Affection will affection move, Then you must like because I love.
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Text Authorship:
- by Robert Herrick (1591 - 1674), "To Electra. Love looks for love" [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), "Love looks for love", op. 10 (Fourteen songs) no. 5 (1912) [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
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This text was added to the website: 2009-01-30
Line count: 8
Word count: 51