My true love hath my heart

My true love hath my heart and I have his.
By just exchange, one [for]1 the other given:
I hold his dear, and mine he cannot miss;
There never was a bargain better driven.

His heart in me keeps him and me in one;
My heart in him his thoughts and senses guides:
He loves my heart, for once it was his own;
I cherish his because in me it bides.

by Sir Philip Sidney (1554-1586) , "My true love hath my heart"

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive)

by Arthur Foote (1853-1937) , "A ditty", published 1882.
by Jake Heggie (1961-) , "My true love hath my heart", 1996. [soprano (or soprano and mezzo-soprano), cello and piano]
by Gustav Holst (1874-1934) , "My true love hath my heart", op. 16 no. 2, from Six Songs, no. 2.
by John Ireland (1879-1962) , "My true love hath my heart", 1920. [voice and piano]
by Sir Charles Hubert Hastings Parry (1848-1918) , "My true love hath my heart", 1881-3, published 1885, from English Lyrics, set 1 no. 1
by John Raynor (1909-1970) , "My true love hath my heart" [baritone and piano]

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