by (Joseph) Hilaire Belloc (1870 - 1953)
Here richly, with ridiculous display
Language: English
Here richly, with ridiculous display, The Politician's corpse was laid away. While all of his acquaintance sneered and slanged I wept : for I had longed to see him hanged.
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Authorship:
- by (Joseph) Hilaire Belloc (1870 - 1953), "Epitaph on the Politician Himself" [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 Gary Bachlund (b. 1947), "On the Death of a Politician", 2009 [ medium voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Archie James Potter (b. 1918), "On the Death of a Politician", published 1972 [ SATB chorus a cappella ], from Ten Epigrams by Hilaire Belloc [sung text not yet checked]
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This text was added to the website: 2009-01-17
Line count: 4
Word count: 30