by William Blake (1757 - 1827)
It is right it should be so
Language: English
It is right it should be so; Man was made for joy and woe; And when this we rightly know, Thro' the world we safely go.
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Authorship:
- by William Blake (1757 - 1827), no title, appears in Auguries of Innocence, no. 16 [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 Charles Samuel Brown (b. 1940), "Man was made for joy and woe", 1969 [SATB chorus a cappella], a wedding anthem [text not verified]
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website: 2009-11-01
Line count: 4
Word count: 26