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Author: Ben Jonson (1572-1637)
Text collections / compilations [warning - not necessarily comprehensive]
Texts set to music [warning - not necessarily comprehensive]
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 Buzz, quoth the blue fly (Buzz, quoth the blue fly) - G. Bachlund
Buzz, quoth the blue fly G. Bachlund: Buzz, quoth the blue fly
By a fountainside (Slow, slow, fresh fount, keep time with my salt tears) - R. Quilter
Come my Celia (Come my Celia, let us prove) - A. Ferrabosco
Come my Celia, let us prove A. Ferrabosco: Come my Celia
E. Bunge: Song to Celia
Consider this small dust, here in the glass D. Pinkham: The hour glass
Do but consider this small dust
G. Bachlund: The hourglass
Drink to me only (Drink to me only with thine eyes
) - E. Bunge GER
Drink to me only with thine eyes (Drink to me only with thine eyes
) - R. Quilter, C. Scott GER
Drink to me only with thine eyes
GER R. Quilter, C. Scott: Drink to me only with thine eyes
C. Rogers: Those eyes
E. Bunge: Drink to me only
R. Faith: To Celia
Echo's song (Slow, slow, fresh fount, keep time with my salt tears) - D. Hagen, N. Rorem
Epitaph on S.P, a Child of Q[ueen] El[izabeth's] Chapel (Weep with me all ye that read) W. Browne: Epitaph on Salathiel Pavy
Epitaph on Salathiel Pavy (Weep with me all ye that read) - W. Browne
Follow a shadow (Follow a shadow, it still flies you) - C. Parry
Follow a shadow, it still flies you C. Parry: Follow a shadow
Have you seen but a bright Lilie grow M. Herbert: Have you seen but a white lily grow?
Anonymous: Have you seen but a whyte Lilie grow
F. Delius: So white, so soft, so sweet is she
E. Maconchy: Have you seen but a bright lily grow?
Have you seen but a bright lily grow? (Have you seen but a whyte Lilie grow
) - E. Maconchy
Have you seen but a white lily grow? (Have you seen but a whyte Lilie grow
) - M. Herbert
Have you seen but a whyte Lilie grow (Have you seen but a whyte Lilie grow
) - Anonymous
Have you seen but a whyte Lilie grow
M. Herbert: Have you seen but a white lily grow?
Anonymous: Have you seen but a whyte Lilie grow
F. Delius: So white, so soft, so sweet is she
E. Maconchy: Have you seen but a bright lily grow?
Hymn (Queen and huntress, chaste and fair) - B. Britten, D. Argento NYN FRE
Hymn to Diana (Queen and huntress, chaste and fair) - H. Gál NYN FRE
It is not growing like a tree (It is not growing like a tree) - J. Gardner
It is not growing like a tree J. Gardner: It is not growing like a tree
L. Lehmann: The lily of a day
Modest and Fair (Modest and fair, for fair and good are near) - E. Elgar
Modest and fair, for fair and good are near E. Elgar: Modest and Fair
Queen and huntress, chaste and fair NYN FRE B. Britten, D. Argento: Hymn
H. Gál: Hymn to Diana
See the chariot at hand here of love
DUT R. Vaughan Williams: Wedding chorus
Shepherd's song (Though I am young and cannot tell
) (from The Sad Shepherd, or, a tale of Robin Hood) - I. Gurney
Slow fresh fount (Slow, slow, fresh fount, keep time with my salt tears) - W. Horsley
Slow, slow fresh fount (Slow, slow, fresh fount, keep time with my salt tears) - L. Bassett, D. Pinkham, W. Ogdon
Slow, slow, fresh fount, keep time with my salt tears M. Gideon, S. Barab: Slow, slow, fresh fount
D. Hagen, N. Rorem: Echo's song
R. Quilter: By a fountainside
J. Eaton: Song
L. Bassett, D. Pinkham, W. Ogdon: Slow, slow fresh fount
W. Horsley: Slow fresh fount
So beautie on the waters stood (So beautie on the waters stood) - A. Ferrabosco, G. Bachlund
So beautie on the waters stood A. Ferrabosco, G. Bachlund: So beautie on the waters stood
So breaks the sun (So breaks the sun earth's rugged chains) - G. Bachlund
So breaks the sun earth's rugged chains G. Bachlund: So breaks the sun
So white, so soft, so sweet is she (Have you seen but a whyte Lilie grow
) - F. Delius
Song (Slow, slow, fresh fount, keep time with my salt tears) - J. Eaton
Song of the glove - M. Blitzstein [x]
Song to Celia (Drink to me only with thine eyes
) GER R. Quilter, C. Scott: Drink to me only with thine eyes
C. Rogers: Those eyes
E. Bunge: Drink to me only
R. Faith: To Celia
Song to Celia (Come my Celia, let us prove) - E. Bunge
Song: That women are but men's shadows
(Follow a shadow, it still flies you) C. Parry: Follow a shadow
Still to be neat (Still to be neat, still to be drest) - E. Elgar, E. Bunge
Still to be neat, still to be drest E. Elgar, E. Bunge: Still to be neat
The faiery beame upon you (The faiery beame upon you) - G. Bachlund
The faiery beame upon you G. Bachlund: The faiery beame upon you
The hour glass (Consider this small dust, here in the glass) - D. Pinkham
The hourglass (Do but consider this small dust
) - G. Bachlund
The lily of a day (It is not growing like a tree) - L. Lehmann
The shepherds' holyday (Thus, thus begin the yearly rites
) - A. Bliss
Those eyes (Drink to me only with thine eyes
) - C. Rogers GER
Though I am young (Though I am young and cannot tell
) (from The Sad Shepherd, or, a tale of Robin Hood) - N. Lanier
Though I am young and cannot tell
(from The Sad Shepherd, or, a tale of Robin Hood) N. Lanier: Though I am young
I. Gurney: Shepherd's song
Thus, thus begin the yearly rites
A. Bliss: The shepherds' holyday
To Celia (Drink to me only with thine eyes
) - R. Faith GER
Wedding chorus (See the chariot at hand here of love
) - R. Vaughan Williams DUT
Weep with me all ye that read W. Browne: Epitaph on Salathiel Pavy
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