I saw a summer banqueting house

I saw a summer banqueting house belonging to a merchant, 
that was the marvel of the world, 
and could not be matched except God should make another paradise. 
It was built round of green marble like a theatre without; 
within there was a heaven and earth 
comprehended both under one roof. 
The heaven was a clear overhanging vault of crystal, 
wherein the sun and moon and each visible star 
had his true similitude, shine, situation and motion.

by Thomas Nashe (1567-1601) , from The Unfortunate Traveller

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

by David Rowland (1939-) , "I saw a summer banqueting house", 1981, from Nashe Songs, no. 3.

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