The Virgin Martyrs - Cor Aura, Samuel Barber

Therefore come they, the crowding maidens

Gertrude, Agnes, Prisca, Cecily

Lucy, Thekla, Juliana, Barbara

Agatha, Petronel, and other maids

Whose names I have read not and now record not

But their souls and their faith were maimed not

Worthy now of God’s company

Wndr’ing through the fresh fields go they

Gath’ring flow’rs to make them a nosegay

Gath’ring roses red for the Passion

Lilies and violets for love