by Robert Herrick (1591 - 1674)
Cupid
Language: English
Love, like a beggar came to me With hose and doublet torn; His shirt bedangling from his knee, With hat and shoes outworn. He asked an alms; I gave him bread, And meat too for his need, Of which, when he had fully fed, He wished me all good speed. Away he went, but as he turned, In faith I know not how, He touched me so, as that I burned And am tormented now. Love's silent flames and fires obscure Then crept into my heart; And though I saw no bow, I'm sure His finger was the dart.
Text Authorship:
- by Robert Herrick (1591 - 1674) [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Roger Quilter (1877 - 1953), "Cupid", op. 7 no. 1 (c1905), published 1907 [SATB chorus a cappella], from Five Lyics of Robert Herrick, no. 1, Forsyth [text verified 1 time]
Researcher for this page: Mike Pearson
This text was added to the website: 2011-05-15
Line count: 16
Word count: 99