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

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

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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.
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