Take, O take those lips away (Samuel Reay)
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- Editor: James Gibb (submitted 2019-07-13). Score information: A4, 5 pages, 91 kB Copyright: CPDL
- Edition notes: MusicXML source file(s) in compressed .mxl format.
General Information
Title: Take, O take those lips away
Composer: Samuel Reay
Lyricists: William Shakespeare and John Fletcher
Number of voices: 4vv Voicing: SATB
Genre: Secular, Partsong
Language: English
Instruments: Keyboard
First published: 1875 in Novello's Part-Song Book (2nd series), Vol. 4, no. 149
Description: v.1 by William Shakespeare, from Measure for Measure, Act IV, Sc. 1; v.2 by John Fletcher, from The Bloody Brother, Act V, Sc. 2.
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Original text and translations
Original text and translations may be found at Take, O take those lips away.
English text
2 Hide, oh, hide those hills of snow
Which thy frozen bosom bears,
On whose tops the pinks that grow
Are of those that April wears!
But first set my poor heart free,
Bound in those icy chains by thee.