O mistress mine
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General information
Lyricist: William Shakespeare, from Twelfth night, Act II, Scene 3.
Settings by composers
- William Armiger SATB
- William Alexander Campbell Cruickshank ATTB (joy brings for mirth hath)
- George Alexander Macfarren SATB
- Thomas Morley Tenor solo
- William Byrd Tenor solo
- Charles Hubert Hastings Parry Tenor solo
- John Whittaker SATB
Other settings possibly not included in the manual list above
- Henry Kimball Hadley — O Mistress Mine
Texts and Translations
English text
1 O mistress mine, where are you roaming?
O stay and hear, your true love's coming
That can sing both high and low.
2 Trip no further, pretty sweeting;
Journeys end in lovers' meeting,
Ev'ry wise man's son doth know.
3 What is love? 'Tis not hereafter;
Present mirth hath [joy brings]present laughter;
What's to come is still unsure:
4 In delay there lies no plenty;
Then come kiss me, sweet and twenty;
Youth's a stuff will not endure.