Roger Quilter - When Icicles Hang by the Wall
When icicles hang by the wall And Dick the shepherd blows his nail And Tom bears logs into the hall And milk comes frozen home in pail; When blood is nipt and ways be foul
Roger Quilter - Who Is Silvia?
Who is Silvia? what is she? That all our Swaines commend her? Holy, faire, and wise is she The heavens such grace did lend her That she might admired be Is she kinde as
Roger Quilter - To Althea, from Prison
When Love with unconfined wings Hovers within my Gates; And my divine Althea brings To whisper at the Grates: When I lye tangled in her haire And fetterd to her eye; The
Roger Quilter - The Constant Lover
Out upon it, I have loved Three whole days together! And am like to love three more If it prove fair weather Time shall moult away his wings Ere he shall discover
Roger Quilter - By a Fountainside
Slow, slow, fresh fount, keep time with my salt tears: Yet slower, yet; O faintly, gentle springs: List to the heavy part the music bears Woe weeps out her division when she sings
Roger Quilter - Weep You No More
Weep you no more, sad fountains; What need you flow so fast? Look how the snowy mountains Heaven's sun doth gently waste! But my sun’s heavenly eyes View not your
Roger Quilter - My Life's Delight
Come, O come, my life's delight! Let me not in languor pine: Love loves no delay, thy sight The more enjoyed, the more divine O come, and take from me The pain of being
Roger Quilter - The Faithless Shepherdess
While that the sun with his beams hot Scorchèd the fruits in vale and mountain Philon, the shepherd, late forgot Sitting beside a crystal fountain In shadow of a green oak tree
Roger Quilter - Fair House of Joy
Fain would I change that note To which fond Love hath charm'd me Long, long to sing by rote Fancying that that harm'd me: Yet when this thought doth come
Roger Quilter - Love's Philosophy
The fountains mingle with the River And the Rivers with the Ocean The winds of Heaven mix for ever With a sweet emotion; Nothing in the world is single; All things by a law