Go, perjured man (Herrick, set by R. Ramsey) (The Lied and Art Song Texts Page: Texts and Translations to Lieder, mélodies, canzoni, and other classical vocal music)


Go, perjured man! and if you e'er return
To view the small remainder in my urn, 
When thou wilt laugh at my religious dust, 
And ask where's now the colour, form, or trust
Of women's beauty, or perhaps with rude 
Hands, scatter the flowers which the virgins strewed:
Know I have prayed to Pity that some wind
May blow my ashes up and strike thee blind!

Input by John Versmoren

Authorship

Robert Herrick (1591-1674)

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

Robert Ramsey (fl. 1612-1644)

Set in a modified version by

John Blow (1649-1708)

Added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.

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