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Author: Robert Herrick (1591-1674)
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 A canticle to Apollo (Play, Phœbus, on thy lute) - F. Hart
A child's grace (Here a little child I stand
) - M. Horder
A Christmas Carol, Sung To The King In The Presence At White-Hall (What sweeter music can we bring
) G. Binkerd: What sweeter music
A funeral stone F. Hart: To laurels
A grace for a child - F. Hart [x]
A Hymn to Love (I will confess with cheerfulness) - M. Horder
A hymn to Neptune (Mighty Neptune, may it please) - F. Hart
A short hymn to Venus (Goddess, I do love a girl) - F. Hart
A sweet disorder in the dress
R. Still: The poetry of dress
A vow to Mars (Store of courage to me grant) - F. Hart
A wearied pilgrim, I have wandered here F. Hart: The pilgrim
About the sweet bag of a bee F. Hart: The bag of the bee
Ah, Ben!/ Say how, or when
M. Gideon: An Ode for Ben Jonson
An die Musik - E. Meyer (Text: after Robert Herrick) [x]
An epitaph upon a virgin (Here a solemn fast we keep) - F. Hart
An Ode for Ben Jonson (Ah, Ben!/ Say how, or when
) - M. Gideon
An Ode for Him (Ah, Ben!/ Say how, or when
) M. Gideon: An Ode for Ben Jonson
Another Epitaph (Here a pretty baby lies) - N. Rorem
Another upon her weeping (She by the river sat, and sitting there) F. Hart: Upon Julia's weeping
Ask me why I send you here F. Bridge: The primrose
Begin with Jove; then is the work half done F. Hart: Jove -- Evensong
Bid me to live (Bid me to live, and I will live
) - J. Carpenter, M. Horder FRE
Bid me to live, and I will live
FRE J. Carpenter, M. Horder: Bid me to live
D. Arditti, J. Hatton, N. Rorem: To Anthea, who may command him anything
Bind me but to thee with thine hair F. Hart: The bondman
Both you two have F. Hart: To the yew and cypress
Bright tulips, we do know F. Hart: To a bed of tulips
Canticle to Apollo (Play, Phœbus, on thy lute) - A. Strilko
Charm me asleep (Charm me asleep, and melt me so
) - M. Horder
Charm me asleep, and melt me so
P. Hindemith, N. Rorem: To Music, to becalm his Fever
M. Horder: Charm me asleep
B. Holmes: To Musique, to becalme his Fever
E. Carter, J. Edmunds, M. Gideon: To Music
L. Bassett: To music
A. Douw: To music, to becalm his fever
Cherry ripe (Cherry-ripe, ripe, ripe, I cry
) - R. Quilter, C. Horn, E. Freer
Cherry-ripe (Cherry-ripe, ripe, ripe, I cry
) - N. Rorem
Cherry-ripe, ripe, ripe, I cry
R. Quilter, C. Horn, E. Freer: Cherry ripe
N. Rorem: Cherry-ripe
Choose me your valentine (Choose me your valentine) - F. Hart
Choose me your valentine F. Hart: Choose me your valentine
Chop-cherry (Thou gav'st me leave to kiss
) - F. Hart
Come, come away F. Hart: Upon a delaying lady
Come Sons of Summer, by whose toile E. Carter: Harvest Home
Comfort to a Youth that had lost his Love (What needs complaints) - N. Rorem
Corinna's going a-Maying (Get up, get up for shame, the blooming morn) - E. Walker
Dew sat on Julia's hair
F. Hart: Upon Julia's hair filled with dew
R. Quilter: Julia's Hair
Dis-moi d'aimer (Dis-moi de vivre, et je vivrai
) - J. Carpenter FRE
Dis-moi de vivre, et je vivrai
FRE J. Carpenter: Dis-moi d'aimer
Divination by a daffodil (When a daffodil I see) - F. Hart
Epitaph - F. Hart [x]
Epitaph (upon a Child that died) (Here she lies, a pretty bud
) - N. Rorem
Evensong (Begin with Jove; then is the work half done) F. Hart: Jove -- Evensong
Fair daffodils (Fair daffodils, we weep to see) - F. Bridge DUT FIN
Fair daffodils, we weep to see DUT FIN B. Britten, H. Darke, E. Farrar: To daffodils
F. Delius: To Daffodils
F. Bridge: Fair daffodils
Fair pledges of a fruitful tree C. Parry: To blossoms
First, April, she with mellow showers DUT E. Křenek: The four sweet months
B. Britten: The succession of the four sweet months
Fresh strewings allow F. Hart: The Peter-penny
From noise of scare-fires rest ye free F. Hart: The bell-man
From this bleeding hand of mine F. Hart: The sprig of eglantine
Gather ye rosebuds (Gather ye rosebuds while ye may) - W. Lawes, T. Pasatieri, M. Gideon, M. Horder SPA
Gather ye rosebuds while ye may SPA M. Dring, B. Moore: To the virgins, to make much of time
D. Arditti: To the Virgins, to Make Much of Time
B. Roe: To Virgins, to Make Much of Time
W. Lawes, T. Pasatieri, M. Gideon, M. Horder: Gather ye rosebuds
Get up, get up for shame, the blooming morn E. Walker: Corinna's going a-Maying
Give me a cell F. Hart: His wish to privacie
Go, happy rose, and interwove C. Stanford: To the rose
Go, perjur'd man (Go, perjur'd man, and if thou e'er return) - J. Blow
Go, perjur'd man, and if thou e'er return J. Blow: Go, perjur'd man
Go, perjured man (Go, perjured man! and if you e'er return) - R. Ramsey
Go, perjured man! and if you e'er return R. Ramsey: Go, perjured man
Go, pretty child, and bear this flower
B. Roe: To His Saviour, a Child; A Present, by a Child
God gives not only corn for need B. Roe: To God
Goddess, I do love a girl F. Hart: A short hymn to Venus
Goe hence away, and in thy parting know G. Binkerd: Upon parting
Good speed, for I this day F. Hart: To the lark
Good-morrow to the day so fair D. Arditti: The Mad Girl's Song
D. Diamond: The Mad Maid's Song
Harvest Home (Come Sons of Summer, by whose toile) - E. Carter
He that will not love (He that will not love must be) - W. Lawes
He that will not love must be W. Lawes: He that will not love
Her eyes the glow-worm lend thee
R. Quilter: The Night Piece
M. Gideon: The shooting starres attend thee
Her pretty feet F. Hart: Upon her feet
Here a little child I stand
M. Horder: A child's grace
Here a pretty baby lies N. Rorem: Another Epitaph
Here a solemn fast we keep F. Hart: An epitaph upon a virgin
Here she lies, a pretty bud
F. Hart: Upon a child that dyed
N. Rorem: Epitaph (upon a Child that died)
R. Birch: Upon a child that died
His creed (I do believe that die I must) - F. Hart
His recantation (Love, I recant) - F. Hart
His wish to privacie (Give me a cell) - F. Hart
His wish to privacy (Give me a cell) F. Hart: His wish to privacie
How Lillies came white (White though ye be; yet, Lillies, know) - G. Binkerd
How marigolds came yellow (Jealous girls these sometimes were) - A. Vores
How roses came red (Roses at first were white) - A. Vores, F. Hart
How violets became blue (Love on a day, wise poets tell) F. Hart: How violets came blue
A. Vores: How violets came blew
How violets came blew (Love on a day, wise poets tell) - A. Vores
How violets came blue (Love on a day, wise poets tell) - F. Hart
I call and I call (I call, I call: who do ye call?) - F. Hart
I call, I call: who do ye call? F. Hart: I call and I call
I dare not ask a kiss GER G. Binkerd, K. Wiggin: To Electra
I do believe that die I must F. Hart: His creed
I held Love's head (I held Love's head while it did ache
) - P. Warlock
I held Love's head while it did ache
P. Warlock: I held Love's head
F. Hart: The head-ake
I plaid with love (I played with Love, as with the fire) - F. Hart
I played with Love, as with the fire F. Hart: I plaid with love
I sing of brooks, of blossoms, birds, and bowers A. Vores: The argument of his book
I will confess with cheerfulness M. Horder: A Hymn to Love
A. Douw: Women useless - an hymne to love
If ye will with Mab find grace F. Hart: The fairies
I'm sick of love (I'm sick of love: O let me lie
) - W. Lawes
I'm sick of love: O let me lie
F. Hart: To sycamores
W. Lawes: I'm sick of love
In this little vault she lies F. Hart: Upon a wife that dyed with jealousie
Jealous girls these sometimes were A. Vores: How marigolds came yellow
Jove -- Evensong (Begin with Jove; then is the work half done) - F. Hart
Julia (Some ask'd me where rubies grew
) - C. Parry
Julia - J. Andriessen [x]
Julia's Hair (Dew sat on Julia's hair
) - R. Quilter
Let fair or foul my mistress be F. Hart, F. Hart: Love lightly pleased
Let's now take our time F. Hart: To be merry
Life of my life (Life of my life, take not so soone Thy flight) - D. Arditti
Life of my life, take not so soone Thy flight D. Arditti: Life of my life
Love, I recant F. Hart: His recantation
Love lightly pleased (Let fair or foul my mistress be) - F. Hart, F. Hart
Love looks for love (Love love begets, then never be) - F. Hart
Love love begets, then never be F. Hart: Love looks for love
Love on a day, wise poets tell F. Hart: How violets came blue
A. Vores: How violets came blew
Love's a thing, as I do hear
GER D. Arditti: Upon love
Meditation for his mistress (You are a tulip seen to-day) - E. Maconchy
Mighty Neptune, may it please F. Hart: A hymn to Neptune
My God, I'm wounded by my sin B. Roe: To God; An Anthem sung in the Chappell at Whitehall
Night hath no wings to him that cannot sleep B. Roe: To His Sweet Saviour
O times most bad A. Douw: Upon the troublesome times
Oft have I heard both youths and virgins say F. Hart: To his Valentine
On gilli-flowers begotten (What was't that fell but now) - F. Hart
On gilly-flowers begotten (What was't that fell but now) F. Hart: On gilli-flowers begotten
On himself - A. Douw [x]
On himself (A wearied pilgrim, I have wandered here) F. Hart: The pilgrim
On himself - M. Horder [x]
On himselfe - F. Hart [x]
On love - F. Hart [x]
One ask'd me where the roses grew F. Hart: The rosarie
One silent night of late C. Parry: The ungentle guest
Open thy gates F. Hart: To heaven
Play, Phœbus, on thy lute F. Hart: A canticle to Apollo
A. Strilko: Canticle to Apollo
Reach, with your whiter hands, to me F. Hart: To the water nymphs drinking at the fountain
Roses at first were white A. Vores, F. Hart: How roses came red
Shall I a daily beggar be F. Hart: The beggar
She by the river sat, and sitting there F. Hart: Upon Julia's weeping
Shut not so soon; the dull-eyed night
J. Taffs: To daisies
N. Rorem: To daisies, not to shut so Soon
F. Hart: To daisies, not to shut so soon
D. Arditti, R. Quilter: To Daisies
So good luck came, and on my roof did light A. Vores: The coming of good luck
So look the mornings when the sun R. Quilter: The Maiden Blush
Soft music (The mellow touch of music most doth wound) - E. Walker
Some ask'd me where rubies grew
A. Spalding: The Rock of Rubies and the Quarrie of Pearls
C. Parry: Julia
Some ask'd me where the rubies grew
A. Spalding: The Rock of Rubies and the Quarrie of Pearls
C. Parry: Julia
Stay while ye will, or go F. Hart: To carnations
Store of courage to me grant F. Hart: A vow to Mars
Sweet Oenone, do but say F. Hart: To Oenone
Sweet Western Wind (Sweet western wind, whose luck it is) - M. Gideon
Sweet western wind, whose luck it is M. Gideon: Sweet Western Wind
F. Hart: To the western wind
Tapers (Those tapers which we set upon the grave) - F. Hart
The argument of his book (I sing of brooks, of blossoms, birds, and bowers) - A. Vores
The bag of the bee (About the sweet bag of a bee) - F. Hart
The beggar (Shall I a daily beggar be) - F. Hart
The bell-man (From noise of scare-fires rest ye free) - F. Hart
The bellman (From noise of scare-fires rest ye free) F. Hart: The bell-man
The bleeding hand; or, the sprig of eglantine given to a maid (From this bleeding hand of mine) F. Hart: The sprig of eglantine
The bondman (Bind me but to thee with thine hair) - F. Hart
The bracelet (Why I tie about thy wrist
) - R. Quilter
The bracelet to Julia (Why I tie about thy wrist
) R. Quilter: The bracelet
The cheat of Cupid; or, The ungentle guest (One silent night of late) C. Parry: The ungentle guest
The coming of good luck (So good luck came, and on my roof did light) - A. Vores
The fairies (If ye will with Mab find grace) - F. Hart
The four sweet months (First, April, she with mellow showers) - E. Křenek DUT
The Hag (The Hag is astride) - J. Hatton DUT
The Hag is astride (The Hag is astride) - E. Bunge DUT
The Hag is astride DUT C. Wood: The ride of the witch (The hag)
E. Bunge: The Hag is astride
J. Hatton: The Hag
The head-ake (I held Love's head while it did ache
) - F. Hart
The lily in a crystal (You have beheld a smiling rose) - A. Douw
The Mad Girl's Song (Good-morrow to the day so fair) - D. Arditti
The Mad Maid's Song (Good-morrow to the day so fair) - D. Diamond
The Maiden Blush (So look the mornings when the sun) - R. Quilter
The mellow touch of music most doth wound E. Walker: Soft music
The Night Piece (Her eyes the glow-worm lend thee
) - R. Quilter
The Night Piece, to Julia (Her eyes the glow-worm lend thee
) R. Quilter: The Night Piece
M. Gideon: The shooting starres attend thee
The Peter-penny (Fresh strewings allow) - F. Hart
The pilgrim (A wearied pilgrim, I have wandered here) - F. Hart
The poetry of dress (A sweet disorder in the dress
) - R. Still
The primrose (Ask me why I send you here) - F. Bridge
The ride of the witch (The hag) (The Hag is astride) - C. Wood DUT
The Rock of Rubies and the Quarrie of Pearls (Some ask'd me where rubies grew
) - A. Spalding
The rock of rubies, and the quarry of pearls (Some ask'd me where rubies grew
) A. Spalding: The Rock of Rubies and the Quarrie of Pearls
C. Parry: Julia
The rosarie (One ask'd me where the roses grew) - F. Hart
The rosary (One ask'd me where the roses grew) F. Hart: The rosarie
The shooting starres attend thee (Her eyes the glow-worm lend thee
) - M. Gideon
The sprig of eglantine (From this bleeding hand of mine) - F. Hart
The succession of the four sweet months (First, April, she with mellow showers) - B. Britten DUT
The ungentle guest (One silent night of late) - C. Parry
Those tapers which we set upon the grave F. Hart: Tapers
Thou art to all lost love the best N. Rorem: To the Willow-tree
Thou gav'st me leave to kiss (Thou gav'st me leave to kiss
) - P. Warlock
Thou gav'st me leave to kiss
P. Warlock: Thou gav'st me leave to kiss
F. Hart: Chop-cherry
Thrice happy roses, so much grac'd to have F. Hart: Upon the roses in Julia's bosom
Through all the night
B. Roe: To His Angrie God
To a bed of tulips (Bright tulips, we do know) - F. Hart
To Anthea (Bid me to live, and I will live
) - M. Horder FRE
To Anthea - F. Hart [x]
To Anthea, who may command him anything (Bid me to live, and I will live
) - D. Arditti, J. Hatton, N. Rorem FRE
To be merry (Let's now take our time) - F. Hart
To blossoms (Fair pledges of a fruitful tree) - C. Parry
To carnations (Stay while ye will, or go) - F. Hart
To carnations. A song (Stay while ye will, or go) F. Hart: To carnations
To daffodils (Fair daffodils, we weep to see) - B. Britten, H. Darke, E. Farrar DUT FIN
To Daisies (Shut not so soon; the dull-eyed night
) - D. Arditti, R. Quilter
To daisies, not to shut so Soon (Shut not so soon; the dull-eyed night
) - N. Rorem
To Dianeme - F. Hart [x]
To Electra (I dare not ask a kiss) - G. Binkerd, K. Wiggin GER
To Electra - F. Hart [x]
To Electra - M. Horder [x]
To Electra. Love looks for love (Love love begets, then never be) F. Hart: Love looks for love
To Fortune (Tumble me down, and I will sit) - F. Hart
To God (God gives not only corn for need) - B. Roe
To God; An Anthem sung in the Chappell at Whitehall (My God, I'm wounded by my sin) - B. Roe
To God on his sickness (What though my harp and viol be) - F. Hart
To God: On his sickness (What though my harp and viol be) F. Hart: To God on his sickness
To heaven (Open thy gates) - F. Hart
To His Angrie God (Through all the night
) - B. Roe
To his mistress (Choose me your valentine) F. Hart: Choose me your valentine
To His Saviour, a Child; A Present, by a Child (Go, pretty child, and bear this flower
) - B. Roe
To His Sweet Saviour (Night hath no wings to him that cannot sleep) - B. Roe
To his Valentine (Oft have I heard both youths and virgins say) - F. Hart
To his valentine on St. Valentine's Day (Oft have I heard both youths and virgins say) F. Hart: To his Valentine
To Julia (Whereas in silks my Julia goes
) - R. Still
To laurels (A funeral stone) - F. Hart
To music (Charm me asleep, and melt me so
) - L. Bassett, M. Horder
To music, to becalm his fever (Charm me asleep, and melt me so
) - A. Douw
To Musique, to becalme his Fever (Charm me asleep, and melt me so
) - B. Holmes
To Oenone (What conscience, say, is it in thee) - F. Hart
To Oenone (Sweet Oenone, do but say) - F. Hart
To primroses filled with morning dew (Why do ye weep, sweet babes? can tears/ speak grief in you) - F. Hart
To Sapho - F. Hart [x]
To sycamores (I'm sick of love: O let me lie
) - F. Hart
To the lark (Good speed, for I this day) - F. Hart
To the rose (Go, happy rose, and interwove) - C. Stanford
To the Virgins, to Make Much of Time (Gather ye rosebuds while ye may) - D. Arditti SPA
To the water nymphs drinking at the fountain (Reach, with your whiter hands, to me) - F. Hart
To the western wind (Sweet western wind, whose luck it is) - F. Hart
To the Willow-tree (Thou art to all lost love the best) - N. Rorem
To the yew and cypress (Both you two have) - F. Hart
To the yew and cypress to grace his funeral (Both you two have) F. Hart: To the yew and cypress
To violets (Welcome, maids-of-honour
) - I. Gurney, J. Taffs, F. Hart
To Virgins, to Make Much of Time (Gather ye rosebuds while ye may) - B. Roe SPA
Tumble me down, and I will sit F. Hart: To Fortune
Upon a child - F. Hart [x]
Upon a child that died (Here she lies, a pretty bud
) - R. Birch
Upon a child that dyed (Here she lies, a pretty bud
) - F. Hart
Upon a delaying lady (Come, come away) - F. Hart
Upon a maide - F. Hart [x]
Upon a wife that died mad with jealousy (In this little vault she lies) F. Hart: Upon a wife that dyed with jealousie
Upon a wife that dyed with jealousie (In this little vault she lies) - F. Hart
Upon Electra (When out of bed my love doth spring) - F. Hart
Upon her feet (Her pretty feet) - F. Hart
Upon Julia's clothes (Whereas in silks my Julia goes
) - J. Corigliano, N. Rorem, F. Hart
Upon Julia's hair fill'd with dew (Dew sat on Julia's hair
) F. Hart: Upon Julia's hair filled with dew
R. Quilter: Julia's Hair
Upon Julia's hair filled with dew (Dew sat on Julia's hair
) - F. Hart
Upon Julia's weeping (She by the river sat, and sitting there) - F. Hart
Upon love (Love's a thing, as I do hear
) - D. Arditti GER
Upon love (I held Love's head while it did ache
) P. Warlock: I held Love's head
F. Hart: The head-ake
Upon love (I played with Love, as with the fire) F. Hart: I plaid with love
Upon love - F. Hart [x]
Upon parting (Goe hence away, and in thy parting know) - G. Binkerd
Upon the roses in Julia's bosom (Thrice happy roses, so much grac'd to have) - F. Hart
Upon the troublesome times (O times most bad) - A. Douw
Upon thee departed hence - F. Hart [x]
Welcome, Maids of Honour (Welcome, maids-of-honour
) - B. Britten
Welcome, maids-of-honour
B. Britten: Welcome, Maids of Honour
I. Gurney, J. Taffs, F. Hart: To violets
What conscience, say, is it in thee F. Hart: To Oenone
What needs complaints N. Rorem: Comfort to a Youth that had lost his Love
What sweeter music (What sweeter music can we bring
) - G. Binkerd
What sweeter music can we bring
G. Binkerd: What sweeter music
What though my harp and viol be F. Hart: To God on his sickness
What was't that fell but now F. Hart: On gilli-flowers begotten
When a daffodil I see F. Hart: Divination by a daffodil
When out of bed my love doth spring F. Hart: Upon Electra
Whenas in silks my Julia goes (Whereas in silks my Julia goes
) - J. Edmunds, J. Lessard
Whenas in silks my Julia goes
J. Edmunds, J. Lessard: Whenas in silks my Julia goes
J. Corigliano, N. Rorem, F. Hart: Upon Julia's clothes
R. Still: To Julia
Whereas in silks my Julia goes
J. Edmunds, J. Lessard: Whenas in silks my Julia goes
J. Corigliano, N. Rorem, F. Hart: Upon Julia's clothes
R. Still: To Julia
White though ye be; yet, Lillies, know G. Binkerd: How Lillies came white
Why do ye weep, sweet babes? can tears/ speak grief in you F. Hart: To primroses filled with morning dew
Why I tie about thy wrist
R. Quilter: The bracelet
Women useless - an hymne to love (I will confess with cheerfulness) - A. Douw
You are a tulip seen to-day E. Maconchy: Meditation for his mistress
You have beheld a smiling rose A. Douw: The lily in a crystal
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