by Robert Herrick (1591 - 1674)
Shut not so soon; the dull‑eyed night
Language: English
Shut not so soon; the dull-eyed night Has not as yet begun To make a seizure on the light, Or to seal up the sun. No marigolds yet closed are; No shadows great appear; Nor doth the early shepherds' star Shine like a spangle here. Stay but till my Julia close Her life-begetting eye, And let the whole world then dispose Itself to live or die.
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Text Authorship:
- by Robert Herrick (1591 - 1674), "To daisies, not to shut so soon" [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 David Arditti (b. 1964), "To Daisies", op. 9 no. 5, from Gather Ye Rosebuds, no. 5 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by John Linton Gardner (1917 - 2011), "To daisies, not to shut too soon", op. 49 no. 2, published 1961 [ tenor, chorus, and orchestra ], from cantata Herrick Cantata, no. 2, Boston : E. C. Schirmer [sung text not yet checked]
- by Fritz Bennicke Hart (1874 - 1949), "To daisies, not to shut so soon", op. 51 (Twenty-Five Songs in Five Sets of Five Each: Set II) no. 5 (1922) [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Roger Quilter (1877 - 1953), "To Daisies", op. 8 no. 3 (1905), published 1906 [ voice and piano ], from To Julia, no. 3, London, Boosey [sung text checked 1 time]
- by John Theodore Livingston Raynor (1909 - 1970), "To Daisies, Not To Shut So Soon", op. 422 (1954) [sung text not yet checked]
- by Ned Rorem (1923 - 2022), "To daisies, not to shut so soon", published 1952, from Flight For Heaven, no. 4 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Joseph Taffs , "To daisies", published 1923, from Album of Five Songs, no. 2 [sung text not yet checked]
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- Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by Ida Goldschmidt, née Livingston (1863 - 1933) ; composed by Roger Quilter.
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Word count: 66