by Anonymous / Unidentified Author
Thus sang Orpheus
Language: English
Thus sang Orpheus to his strings, When he was almost slain, Whilst the winds, soft murmuring, Answered all his woes again: "Eurydice," he cried; "Ah, dear Eurydice" -- and so he died. "Ah, dear Eurydice" the echoing winds replied.
Authorship:
- by Anonymous / Unidentified Author [author's text not yet checked 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 Walter Porter (1587 - 1659), "Thus sang Orpheus", published 1632. [text verified 1 time]
Researcher for this page: John Versmoren
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 7
Word count: 38