Sing fair Clorinda (Anonymous, set by H. Lawes) (The Lied and Art Song Texts Page: Texts and Translations to Lieder, mélodies, canzoni, and other classical vocal music)


Sing fair Clorinda, sing whilst you move
  Those that attend the throne above,
To leave their holy business there,
  Till each with his obedient ear
Shall so much harmony attain,
  To think the spheres were made in vain.

Since here's a voice quickens the sloth
  Of nature's age, it comforts growth
In all her works, and can provoke
  A lily to outlive an oak.

Authorship

Anonymous/Unidentified Artist

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

Henry Lawes (c1595-1662)

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