To the yew and cypress

Both you two have
Relation to the grave:
And where
The funeral-trump sounds, you are there,
I shall be made,
Ere long, a fleeting shade:
Pray, come
And do some honour to my tomb.
Do not deny
My last request; for I
Will be
Thankful to you, or friends, for me.

by Robert Herrick (1591-1674) , "To the yew and cypress to grace his funeral"

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) , "To the yew and cypress", 1910. [voice and piano]

Date added to the website: 2009-01-31.

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