Take, O take those lips away (Charles Hubert Hastings Parry)

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• CPDL #16683: Sibelius 4

Editor: John Henry Fowler (submitted 2008-04-16).   Score information: A4, 2 pages, 36 kbytes   Copyright: CPDL

Edition notes: File Sizes: MIDI: 5 KB, Sib4: 35 KB.

General Information

Title: Take, O Take those lips away
Composer: Charles Hubert Hastings Parry
Lyricist: William Shakespeare, from play "Measure for measure"

Number of voices: 1v   Voicing: Solo Tenor
Genre: Secular, Art song

Language: English
Instruments: Piano
Published: 1886

Description: Number 2 of C. H. H. Parry's "English Lyrics" - Set 2.

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Original text and translations

English text

Take, O take those lips away

That so sweetly were forsworn;

And thos eyes, the break of day,

Lights that do mislead the morn;

But my kisses bring again,

Bring again,

Seals of love,

But sealed in vain.

Sealed in vain.