by Robert Herrick (1591 - 1674)
To laurels
Language: English
A funeral stone Or verse I covet none, But only crave Of you that I may have A sacred laurel springing from my grave: Which being seen, Blest with perpetual green, May grow to be Not so much call'd a tree As the eternal monument of me.
Authorship:
- by Robert Herrick (1591 - 1674), "To laurels" [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 Fritz Bennicke Hart (1874 - 1949), "To laurels", op. 23 (Twenty-one songs) no. 10 (1916) [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
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This text was added to the website: 2009-01-31
Line count: 10
Word count: 47