Content
- Samuel Daniel: Shadows
- Robert Herrick: Gather ye rosebuds
- Samuel Daniel: Sonnet
- Thomas Jordan: The epicure
- Henry King: Sic vita
- Anon.: O Death, rock me asleep
- Anon.: In a goodly night
- Francis Quarles: Close thine eyes
This song cycle consists of eight English poems from the 16th and 17th centuries in sensitive and varied settings. It could be used as a companion piece to Waltons Anon in love.