by Robert Herrick (1591 - 1674)
Love lightly pleased
Language: English
Let fair or foul my mistress be, Or low, or tall, she pleaseth me; Or let her walk, or stand, or sit, The posture hers, I'm pleas'd with it; Or let her tongue be still, or stir, Graceful is every thing from her; Or let her grant, or else deny, My love will fit each history.
Text Authorship:
- by Robert Herrick (1591 - 1674), "Love lightly pleased" [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 lightly pleased", op. 23 (Twenty-one songs) no. 6 (1916) [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Fritz Bennicke Hart (1874 - 1949), "Love lightly pleased", 1910 [ voice and piano ], first setting [sung text not yet checked]
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website: 2009-01-31
Line count: 8
Word count: 56