by Robert Seymour Bridges (1844 - 1930)
When Death to either shall come See original
Language: English
If Death to either shall come, - I pray it be first to me,- Be happy as ever at home, If so, as I wish, it be. Possess thy soul, my own; And sing to the child on thy knee, And read to thyself alone The songs I have made for thee.
Composition:
- Set to music by Ivor (Bertie) Gurney (1890 - 1937), "When Death to either shall come", 1920, published 1938 [ voice and piano ], from A First Volume of Ten Songs, no. 9, London: Oxford University Press
Text Authorship:
- by Robert Seymour Bridges (1844 - 1930), no title, appears in New Poems, first published 1899
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Researcher for this page: David K. Smythe
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
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