Title: Take, o take those lips away
Music: Roger Quilter (1877-1953)
Text: William Shakespeare (1564-1616)
Free at Art Song Central (PDF files):
- PDF: Take, o take those lips away
- Key: E Major (high)
- Range: F♯4 – E5
- Source: Five Shakespeare Songs
- PDF: Take, o take those lips away
- Key: D♭ Major (low)
- Range: E♭4 – D♭5
- Source: Five Shakespeare Songs
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Take, O take those lips away,
That so sweetly were forsworn;
And those eyes, the break of day,
Lights that do mislead the morn:
But my kisses bring again,
Seals of love, but sealed,
But sealed in vain!
- Recmusic.org has the text.