Lovely kind, and kindly loving

Lovely kind, and kindly loving,
Such a mind were worth the moving;
Truly fair, and fairly true -
Where are all these but in you?

Wisely kind, and kindly wise;
Blessed life, where such love lies!
Wise, and kind, and fair, and true -
Lovely live all these in you.

Sweetly dear, and dearly sweet,
Blessed where these blessings meet,
Sweet, fair, wise, kind, blessed, true -
Blessed be all these in you!

by Nicholas Breton (1542-1626) , from Melancholic Humours, published 1600

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

by Gustav Holst (1874-1934) , "Lovely kind, and kindly loving", op. 16 no. 4, from Six Songs, no. 4.
by Peter Warlock (1894-1930) [pseudonym] , "Fair and true", 1926, published 1927.

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