Take, oh, take those lips away (Bertram Luard-Selby)

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• (Posted 2023-11-10)  CPDL #77182:     

Editor: David Anderson (submitted 2023-11-10).   Score information: Letter, 8 pages, 348 kB   Copyright: Personal

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Title: Take, oh, take those lips away
Composer: Bertram Luard-Selby
Lyricist: William Shakespeare
Number of voices: 4vv   Voicing: SATB
Genre: Secular, Partsong

Language: English
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1903 Oliver Ditson and Company
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Original text and translations

English text

Take, O, take those lips away,
That so sweetly were forsworn;
And those eyes, like break of day,
Lights that do mislead the morn;
But my kisses bring again,
Seals of love, but sealed in vain.

Measure for Measure
Act 4, scene 2