To daisies, not to shut so soon

Shut not so soon; the dull-eyed night
Has not as yet begun
To make a seizure on the light,
Or to seal up the sun.

No marigolds yet closed are;
No shadows great appear;
Nor doth the early shepherds' star
Shine like a spangle here.

Stay but till my Julia close
Her life-begetting eye,
And let the whole world then dispose
Itself to live or die.

by Robert Herrick (1591-1674) , "To daisies, not to shut so soon"

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 Arditti (1964-) , "To Daisies", op. 9 no. 5, from Gather Ye Rosebuds, no. 5.
by Fritz Bennicke Hart (1874-1949) , "To daisies, not to shut so soon", op. 51 (Twenty-Five Songs in Five Sets of Five Each: Set II) no. 5 (1922). [voice and piano]
by Roger Quilter (1877-1953) , "To Daisies", op. 8 no. 3 (1906), from To Julia, no. 3.
by Ned Rorem (1923-) , "To daisies, not to shut so Soon", published 1952, from Flight For Heaven, no. 4.
by Joseph Taffs , "To daisies", published 1923, from Album of Five Songs, no. 2

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