Author: Robert Herrick (1591-1674)

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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 Hymn to Love (I will confess with cheerfulness)
A. Douw: Women useless - an hymne to love

A sweet disorder in the dress
R. Still: The poetry of dress

An die Musik - E. Meyer ENG GER (Text: after Robert Herrick) [x]
Another Epitaph (Here a pretty baby lies) - N. Rorem
Ask me why I send you here
F. Bridge: The primrose

Bid me to live (Bid me to live, and I will live) - J. Carpenter FRE
Bid me to live, and I will live FRE
J. Carpenter: Bid me to live
D. Arditti, J. Hatton, N. Rorem: To Anthea, who may command him anything

Charm me asleep, and melt me so GER
P. Hindemith, N. Rorem: To Music, to becalm his Fever
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
Cherry-ripe (Cherry-ripe, ripe, ripe, I cry ) - N. Rorem
Cherry-ripe, ripe, ripe, I cry
R. Quilter, C. Horn: Cherry ripe
N. Rorem: Cherry-ripe

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
R. Quilter: Julia's Hair

Dis-moi d'aimer (Dis-moi de vivre, et je vivrai) - J. Carpenter ENG FRE
Dis-moi de vivre, et je vivrai ENG FRE
J. Carpenter: Dis-moi d'aimer

Epitaph (upon a Child that died) (Here she lies, a pretty bud) - N. Rorem
Fair daffodils (Fair daffodils, we weep to see) - F. Bridge
Fair daffodils, we weep to see
B. Britten, H. Darke, E. Farrar: To daffodils
F. Delius: To Daffodils
F. Bridge: Fair daffodils

Fair pledges of a fruitful tree
S. 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

Gather ye rosebuds (Gather ye rosebuds while ye may) - W. Lawes, T. Pasatieri 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
W. Lawes, T. Pasatieri: Gather ye rosebuds

Get up, get up for shame, the blooming morn
E. Walker: Corinna's going a-Maying

Go, happy rose, and interwove
S. 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

Goe hence away, and in thy parting know
G. Binkerd: Upon parting

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

Here a pretty baby lies
N. Rorem: Another Epitaph

Here she lies, a pretty bud
N. Rorem: Epitaph (upon a Child that died)
R. Birch: Upon a child that died

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
How violets became blue (Love on a day, wise poets tell)
A. Vores: How violets came blew

How violets came blew (Love on a day, wise poets tell) - A. Vores
I dare not ask a kiss GER
G. Binkerd: To Electra

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

I sing of brooks, of blossoms, birds, and bowers
A. Vores: The argument of his book

I will confess with cheerfulness
A. Douw: Women useless - an hymne to love

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
W. Lawes: I'm sick of love

Jealous girls these sometimes were
A. Vores: How marigolds came yellow

Julia (Some ask'd me where rubies grew ) - S. Parry
Julia - J. Andriessen [x]
Julia's Hair (Dew sat on Julia's hair) - R. Quilter
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 on a day, wise poets tell
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
O times most bad
A. Douw: Upon the troublesome times

On himself - A. Douw [x]
One silent night of late
S. Parry: The ungentle guest

Roses at first were white
A. Vores: How roses came red

Shut not so soon; the dull-eyed night
N. Rorem: To Daisies, not to shut so Soon
J. Taffs: To daisies
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
S. Parry: Julia

Some ask'd me where the rubies grew
A. Spalding: The Rock of Rubies and the Quarrie of Pearls
S. Parry: Julia

Sweet Western Wind (Sweet western wind, whose luck it is) - M. Gideon
Sweet western wind, whose luck it is
M. Gideon: Sweet Western Wind

The argument of his book (I sing of brooks, of blossoms, birds, and bowers) - A. Vores
The Bracelet (Why I tie about thy wrist) - R. Quilter
The cheat of Cupid; or, The ungentle guest (One silent night of late)
S. Parry: The ungentle guest

The coming of good luck (So good luck came, and on my roof did light) - A. Vores
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 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

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
S. Parry: Julia

The succession of the four sweet months (First, April, she with mellow showers) - B. Britten DUT
The ungentle guest (One silent night of late) - S. Parry
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

To Anthea, who may command him anything (Bid me to live, and I will live) - D. Arditti, J. Hatton, N. Rorem FRE
To blossoms (Fair pledges of a fruitful tree) - S. Parry
To daffodils (Fair daffodils, we weep to see) - B. Britten, H. Darke, E. Farrar
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 Electra (I dare not ask a kiss) - G. Binkerd GER
To Julia (Whenas in silks my Julia goes ) - R. Still
To music (Charm me asleep, and melt me so) - L. Bassett GER
To music, to becalm his fever (Charm me asleep, and melt me so) - A. Douw GER
To Musique, to becalme his Fever (Charm me asleep, and melt me so) - B. Holmes GER
To Sycamores (I'm sick of love: O let me lie)
W. Lawes: I'm sick of love

To the rose (Go, happy rose, and interwove) - S. Stanford
To the Virgins, to Make Much of Time (Gather ye rosebuds while ye may) - D. Arditti SPA
To the Western Wind (Sweet western wind, whose luck it is)
M. Gideon: Sweet Western Wind

To the Willow-tree (Thou art to all lost love the best) - N. Rorem
To violets (Welcome, maids-of-honour) - I. Gurney, J. Taffs
Upon a child that died (Here she lies, a pretty bud) - R. Birch
Upon Julia's Clothes (Whenas in silks my Julia goes ) - J. Corigliano, N. Rorem
Upon Love (Love's a thing, as I do hear) - D. Arditti GER
Upon parting (Goe hence away, and in thy parting know) - G. Binkerd
Upon the troublesome times (O times most bad) - A. Douw
Welcome, Maids of Honour (Welcome, maids-of-honour) - B. Britten
Welcome, maids-of-honour
B. Britten: Welcome, Maids of Honour
I. Gurney, J. Taffs: To violets

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

Whenas in silks my Julia goes (Whenas in silks my Julia goes ) - J. Edmunds, J. Lessard
Whenas in silks my Julia goes
J. Corigliano, N. Rorem: Upon Julia's Clothes
J. Edmunds, J. Lessard: Whenas in silks my Julia goes
R. Still: To Julia

Whereas in silks my Julia goes
J. Corigliano, N. Rorem: Upon Julia's Clothes
J. Edmunds, J. Lessard: Whenas in silks my Julia goes
R. Still: To Julia

White though ye be; yet, Lillies, know
G. Binkerd: How Lillies came white

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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