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Author: George Herbert (1593-1633)

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The Temple

Texts set to music [warning - not necessarily comprehensive]

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A song of praise (Let all the world in every corner sing) (from The Temple) - G. Bush
A wreath (A wreathed Garland of deserved praise) - D. Thomas
A wreathed Garland of deserved praise
D. Thomas: A wreath

Antiphon (Let all the world in every corner sing) (from The Temple) - R. Vaughan Williams
Awake, sad heart, whom sorrow ever drowns
D. Thomas: The dawning

Christmas (II) (The shepherds sing; and shall I silent be?)
R. Vaughan Williams: Pastoral

Come, my Way, my Truth, my Life SPA
R. Vaughan Williams, C. Cooman: The call

Dear stream! dear bank, where often... (The God of love my Shepherd is ) (from The Temple) - G. Dyson
Deniall (When my devotions could not pierce ) - O. Greif FRE
Denyall (When my devotions could not pierce ) FRE
O. Greif: Deniall

Easter (Rise heart; thy Lord is risen. Sing his praise) - R. Vaughan Williams
Easter wings (Lord, Who createdst man in wealth and store) - N. Peros
Echo vom Himmel (Oh Freudenhimmel) - H. Genzmer (Text: after George Herbert) [x]
Heaven (O who will show me those delights on high? ) GER
How soon doth man decay FRE
O. Greif: Mortification

I bless thee, Lord, because I grow (from The Temple)
L. Bassett: Paradise

I Cannot ope mine eyes (from The Temple)
S. Kagen: My God, what is a heart?

I got me flowers (I got me flowers to strew thy way) - R. Vaughan Williams
I got me flowers to strew thy way
R. Vaughan Williams: I got me flowers

I made a posie while the day ran by
N. Peros: Life

Let all the world in every corner sing (from The Temple)
R. Vaughan Williams: Antiphon
G. Dyson: Praise
G. Bush: A song of praise

Life (I made a posie while the day ran by) - N. Peros
Lord, Who createdst man in wealth and store
N. Peros: Easter wings

Love (Love bade me welcome: yet my soul drew back) - A. Bliss
Love bade me welcome (Love bade me welcome: yet my soul drew back) - R. Vaughan Williams
Love bade me welcome: yet my soul drew back
R. Vaughan Williams: Love bade me welcome
A. Bliss: Love

Mattens (I Cannot ope mine eyes ) (from The Temple)
S. Kagen: My God, what is a heart?

Mortification (How soon doth man decay ) - O. Greif FRE
My God, what is a heart? (from The Temple)
S. Kagen: My God, what is a heart?

My God, what is a heart? (I Cannot ope mine eyes ) (from The Temple) - S. Kagen
No, Lesbia no, you ask in vain
J. Blow: The Queen's Epicedium

O who will show me those delights on high? GER
Oh Freudenhimmel (Text: after George Herbert) [x]
H. Genzmer: Echo vom Himmel

Paradise (I bless thee, Lord, because I grow ) (from The Temple) - L. Bassett
Pastoral (The shepherds sing; and shall I silent be?) - R. Vaughan Williams
Praise (Let all the world in every corner sing) (from The Temple) - G. Dyson
Rise heart; thy Lord is risen. Sing his praise
R. Vaughan Williams: Easter

Sweet day (Sweet day, so cool, so calm, so bright ) (from The Temple) - A. Taylor, R. Vaughan Williams FRE
Sweet day, so cool, so calm, so bright (from The Temple) FRE
M. Head: Sweet day! so cool
A. Taylor, R. Vaughan Williams: Sweet day
B. Childs, N. Peros, J. King: Virtue
O. Greif, J. Aikman: Vertue

Sweet day! so cool (Sweet day, so cool, so calm, so bright ) (from The Temple) - M. Head FRE
The call (Come, my Way, my Truth, my Life) - R. Vaughan Williams, C. Cooman SPA
The dawning (Awake, sad heart, whom sorrow ever drowns) - D. Thomas
The God of love my Shepherd is (from The Temple)
G. Dyson: Dear stream! dear bank, where often...

The Queen's Epicedium (No, Lesbia no, you ask in vain) - J. Blow
The shepherds sing; and shall I silent be?
R. Vaughan Williams: Pastoral

Vertue (Sweet day, so cool, so calm, so bright ) (from The Temple) - O. Greif, J. Aikman FRE
Virtue (Sweet day, so cool, so calm, so bright ) (from The Temple) - B. Childs, N. Peros, J. King FRE
When my devotions could not pierce FRE
O. Greif: Deniall

With sick and famish'd eyes (With sick and famished eyes) - H. Purcell
With sick and famished eyes
H. Purcell: With sick and famish'd eyes

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