by Wilhelm Albert Włodzimierz Apolinary Kostrowicki (1880 - 1918), as Guillaume Apollinaire
Translation © by Bertha Ten Eyck James
Epitaph
Language: English  after the French (Français)
Hear us, kindly Rousseau, we greet you [ ... ]
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Authorship:
- by Bertha Ten Eyck James , copyright © [an adaptation] [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]
Based on:
- a text in French (Français) by Wilhelm Albert Włodzimierz Apolinary Kostrowicki (1880 - 1918), as Guillaume Apollinaire, "Inscription pour le tombeau du peintre Henri Rousseau douanier"
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Murray Adaskin (1906 - 2002), "Epitaph", 1948, published 1972. [text verified 1 time]
This text was added to the website: 2003-11-08
Line count: 7
Word count: 50