by Robert Herrick (1591 - 1674)
Love's of itself too sweet ; the best of...
Language: English
Love's of itself too sweet ; the best of all Is, when love's honey has a dash of gall.
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Authorship:
- by Robert Herrick (1591 - 1674), title 1: "Another on Love", title 2: "On 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 John Linton Gardner (1917 - 2011), "Another on love", op. 196 no. 3 (1991) [ SATB chorus a cappella ], from Partsongs to poems by Robert Herrick, no. 3 [sung text not yet checked]
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This text was added to the website: 2011-01-07
Line count: 2
Word count: 19