Hark the Lark

 

Benjamin Cooke (1734-1793)
Steven Stucky (b. 1949)

Text: Shakespeare Cymbeline Act II, scene iii

Hark, hark! the lark at heaven's gate sings,
And Phoebus 'gins arise,
His steeds to water at those springs
On chaliced flowers that lies;
And winking Mary-buds begin
To ope their golden eyes:
With every thing that pretty is,
My lady sweet, arise:
Arise, arise.

 

Hark, hark! the lark at heaven's gate sings,
And Phoebus 'gins arise,
His steeds to water at those springs
On chaliced flowers that lies;
And winking Mary-buds begin
To ope their golden eyes:
With every thing that pretty is,
My lady sweet,
arise: Arise, arise.

 

 

These pieces were performed on Octarium’s The Shakespeare Concert, May 2004.