by (Joseph) Hilaire Belloc (1870 - 1953)
On the Death of a Politician Matches original text
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.
Composition:
- Set to music by Gary Bachlund (b. 1947), "On the Death of a Politician", 2009 [ medium voice and piano ]
Text Authorship:
- by (Joseph) Hilaire Belloc (1870 - 1953), "Epitaph on the Politician Himself"
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Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website: 2009-01-17
Line count: 4
Word count: 29