A vow to Mars

Store of courage to me grant,
Now I'm turn'd a combatant;
Help me, so that I my shield,
Fighting, lose not in the field.
That's the greatest shame of all
That in warfare can befall.
Do but this, and there shall be
Offer'd up a wolf to thee.

by Robert Herrick (1591-1674) , "A vow to Mars"

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

by Fritz Bennicke Hart (1874-1949) , "A vow to Mars", op. 52 (Twenty-Five Songs in Five Sets of Five Each: Set III) no. 2 (1922). [voice and piano]

Date added to the website: 2009-01-30.

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