To violets

Welcome, maids-of-honour!
You do bring
In the spring,
And wait upon her.

She has virgins many,
Fresh and fair;
Yet you are
More sweet than any.

You're the maiden posies,
And so grac'd
To be plac'd
'Fore damask ross.

Yet, though thus respected,
By-and-by
Ye do lie,
Poor girls, neglected.

by Robert Herrick (1591-1674) , "To violets"

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

by (Edward) Benjamin Britten (1913-1976) , "Welcome, Maids of Honour", op. 44 no. 6 (1949) [soprano, mezzo-soprano, tenor, mixed choir, boys' choir, orchestra], from Spring Symphony, no. 6.
by Ivor Gurney (1890-1937) , "To violets"
by Fritz Bennicke Hart (1874-1949) , "To violets", op. 50 (Twenty-Five Songs in Five Sets of Five Each: Set I) no. 2 (1922). [voice and piano]
by Joseph Taffs , "To violets", published 1923, from Album of Five Songs, no. 3

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