© by W. H. (Wystan Hugh) Auden (1907 - 1973)
Edward Lear
Language: English
Left by his friend to breakfast alone on the white [ ... ]
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Confirmed with W.H. Auden, Collected Shorter Poems 1927-1957, London, Faber and Faber, 1966, p. 127
Text Authorship:
- by W. H. (Wystan Hugh) Auden (1907 - 1973), "Edward Lear", written 1939, copyright © [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 Nicola LeFanu (b. 1947), "Edward Lear", 2007 [ tenor and piano ], from Two Auden Songs, no. 2 [sung text not yet checked]
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