by Walter Crane (1845 - 1915)
This book of hours See original
Language: English
This Book of Hours Love wrought With burnished letters gold, Each page with art and thought And colours manifold. His calendar he taught To youths and virgins cold -- This Book of Hours Love wrought With With burnished letters gold. This priceless book is bought With sighs and tears untold Of votaries who sought His countenance of old -- This Book of Hours Love wrought With With burnished letters gold.
Composition:
- Set to music by Charles Tomlinson Griffes (1884 - 1920), "This book of hours", op. 4 no. 1 (<<1914), published 1915 [ soprano and piano ], from Two Rondels for a Soprano Voice, no. 1
Text Authorship:
- by Walter Crane (1845 - 1915), "Rondel", appears in Renascence: a book of verse, first published 1891
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This text was added to the website: 2009-08-23
Line count: 14
Word count: 71