Take, O take those lips away (Samuel Reay)

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  • (Posted 2023-12-01)  CPDL #77744:     
Editor: David Anderson (submitted 2023-12-01).   Score information: Letter, 8 pages, 437 kB   Copyright: Personal
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  • (Posted 2019-07-13)  CPDL #54767:         
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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: SecularPartsong

Language: English
Instruments: a cappella or Keyboard

First published: 1871 in Novello's Part-Song Book (2nd series), Vol. 4, no. 149
Description: Seven Four-part Songs, No. 7.

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.png 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.