Upon Julia's clothes

[Whenas]1 in silks my Julia goes,
Then, then (methinks) [how]2 sweetly flows
That liquefaction of her clothes. 

Next, when I cast mine eyes, and see
That brave vibration each way free,
O how that glittering taketh me!

by Robert Herrick (1591-1674) , "Upon Julia's clothes"

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

by John Corigliano (1938-) , "Upon Julia's clothes", 1959, published c1981, from Petit Fours (A Song Cyclette), no. 1.
by John Edmunds (1913-1986) , "Whenas in silks my Julia goes"
by Fritz Bennicke Hart (1874-1949) , "Upon Julia's clothes", op. 23 (Twenty-one songs) no. 2 (1916). [voice and piano]
by John Lessard (1920-) , "Whenas in silks my Julia goes", published 1984.
by Ned Rorem (1923-) , "Upon Julia's clothes", published 1952, from Flight For Heaven, no. 3.
by Robert Still (1910-1971) , "To Julia"

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