A short hymn to Venus

Goddess, I do love a girl,
Ruby-lipp'd and tooth'd with pearl;
If so be I may but prove
Lucky in this maid I love,
I will promise there shall be
Myrtles offer'd up to thee.

by Robert Herrick (1591-1674) , "A short hymn to Venus"

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 short hymn to Venus", op. 52 (Twenty-Five Songs in Five Sets of Five Each: Set III) no. 4 (1922). [voice and piano]

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

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