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by Robert Herrick (1591 - 1674)

Play, Phœbus, on thy lute;
Language: English 
Play, Phœbus, on thy lute;
And we will all sit mute,
By listening to thy lyre,
That sets all ears on fire.
Hark, hark, the god does play!
And as he leads the way
Through heaven the very spheres,
As men, turn all to ears.

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Text Authorship:

  • by Robert Herrick (1591 - 1674), "A canticle to Apollo" [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 Phyllis Campbell (1891 - 1974), "A Canticle to Apollo", copyright © 2018 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Mary Grant Carmichael (1851 - 1935), "A canticle to Apollo", published 1879 [ four-part chorus ], London [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Fritz Bennicke Hart (1874 - 1949), "A canticle to Apollo", op. 52 (Twenty-Five Songs in Five Sets of Five Each: Set III) no. 1 (1922) [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Anthony Strilko (b. 1931), "Canticle to Apollo" [sung text not yet checked]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2009-01-30
Line count: 8
Word count: 45

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