To His Saviour, a Child; A Present, by a...

Go, pretty child, and bear this flower
Unto thy little Saviour;
And tell Him, by that bud now blown,
He is the Rose of Sharon known.
When thou hast said so, stick it there
Upon His bib or stomacher;
And tell Him, for good handsel too,
That thou hast brought a whistle new,
Made of a clean strait oaten reed,
To charm His cries at time of need.
Tell Him, for coral, thou hast none,
But if thou hadst, He should have one;
But poor thou art, and known to be
Even as moneyless as He.
Lastly, if thou canst win a kiss
From those mellifluous lips of His;
Then never take a second on,
To spoil the first impression.

by Robert Herrick (1591-1674)

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by Betty Roe (1930-) , "To His Saviour, a Child; A Present, by a Child", published 1972 [for countertenor, mezzo-soprano or baritone voice and piano or harpsichord], from Noble Numbers, no. 1.

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