by Robert Herrick (1591 - 1674)
These Springs were Maidens once that...
Language: English
These Springs were Maidens once that lov'd, But lost to that, they most approv'd: My Story tels, by Love they were Turn'd to these Springs, which we see here: The pretty whimpering that they make, When of the Banks their leave they take; Tels yee but this, they are the same, In nothing chang'd but in their name.
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Text Authorship:
- by Robert Herrick (1591 - 1674), "How Springs came first" [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 Lennox Randal Francis Berkeley, Sir (1903 - 1989), "These springs were maidens once that lov'd", op. 89 no. 3 (1973-4), rev. 1976 [ voice and piano ], from Five Herrick Poems, no. 3 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Fritz Bennicke Hart (1874 - 1949), "How Springs came first", op. 148 (Five Songs) no. 5 (1941) [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
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This text was added to the website: 2013-02-10
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Word count: 58