by Robert Herrick (1591 - 1674)
Ah, Cruel Love! must I endure
Language: English
Ah, Cruel Love! must I endure Thy many scorns, and find no cure? Say, are thy medicines made to be Helps to all others but to me? I'll leave thee, and to Pansies come: Comforts you'll afford me some: You can ease my heart, and do What Love could ne'er be brought unto.
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Text Authorship:
- by Robert Herrick (1591 - 1674), "To Pansies" [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 Pansies", op. 84 (Nine Sets of Four Songs Each, Set III) no. 1 (1930) [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by William Lawes (1602 - 1645), "Ah, cruel love", from Songs from the Autograph Songbook, no. 26 [sung text not yet checked]
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This text was added to the website: 2021-12-27
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