by Robert Herrick (1591 - 1674)
Stay while ye will, or go
Language: English
Stay while ye will, or go And leave no scent behind ye: Yet, trust me, I shall know The place where I may find ye. Within my Lucia's cheek, Whose livery ye wear, Play ye at hide or seek, I'm sure to find ye there.
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Text Authorship:
- by Robert Herrick (1591 - 1674), "To carnations. A song" [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), "To carnations", op. 54 (Twenty-Five Songs in Five Sets of Five Each: Set V) no. 1 (1922) [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Charles Villiers Stanford, Sir (1852 - 1924), "To Carnations", 1877, published 1877 [ voice and piano ], from Three Ditties of the Olden Time, no. 3 [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