by Robert Herrick (1591 - 1674)
What was't that fell but now
Language: English
What was't that fell but now From that warm kiss of ours? Look, look! by love I vow They were two gilly-flowers. Let's kiss and kiss again, For if so be our closes Make gilly-flowers, then I'm sure they'll fashion roses.
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Text Authorship:
- by Robert Herrick (1591 - 1674), "On gilly-flowers begotten" [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), "On gilli-flowers begotten", op. 23 (Twenty-one songs) no. 16 (1916) [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
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This text was added to the website: 2009-01-31
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