Hark, hark the lark
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Lyricist: William Shakespeare, Cymbeline, Act II, Sc 3
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- Benjamin Cooke SATB
- George Alexander Macfarren SATB
- Franz Schubert S solo
Texts and Translations
English text
Hark, hark! The lark at heaven's gate sings,
And Phoebus 'gins arise,
His steeds to water at those springs
On chalic'd flowers that lies;
And winking Mary-buds begin
To ope their golden eyes;
With everything that pretty is,
My lady sweet, arise:
Arise, arise!