by Robert Herrick (1591 - 1674)
Love‑sick I am, and must endure
Language: English
Love-sick I am, and must endure A desperate grief, that finds no cure. Ah me ! I try ; and trying, prove No herbs have power to cure love. Only one sovereign salve I know, And that is death, the end of woe.
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Confirmed with Works of Robert Herrick. Vol I, Alfred Pollard, ed., London, Lawrence & Bullen, 1891, page 72.
Text Authorship:
- by Robert Herrick (1591 - 1674), "On Himself (II)" [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-sick I am", op. 85 (Nine Sets of Four Songs Each, Set IV) no. 1 (1930) [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
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This text was added to the website: 2022-01-06
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