by George Gordon Noel Byron, Lord Byron (1788 - 1824)
Alas, the love of women! it is known
Language: English
Alas, the love of women! it is known To be a lovely and a fearful thing.
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Authorship:
- by George Gordon Noel Byron, Lord Byron (1788 - 1824), no title, written 1819, appears in Don Juan, Canto II, stanza 199 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Augusta Read Thomas (b. 1964), "Don Juan", 1997, first performed 1997 [SATB chorus a cappella], from Love Songs, no. 5. [text verified 1 time]
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This text was added to the website: 2010-07-19
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Word count: 16