by William Ernest Henley (1849 - 1903)
The Spirit of Wine
Language: English
I am beauty and love; I am friendship, the comforter; I am that which forgives and forgets. The Spirit of Wine.
Text Authorship:
- by William Ernest Henley (1849 - 1903) [author's text not yet checked 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 Patrick J. Zimmerli (b. 1968), "The Spirit of Wine", 2011, published 2011 [soprano and piano], from Wine songs for mezzo-soprano voice and piano, no. 3 [ sung text checked 1 time]
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This text was added to the website: 2019-05-26
Line count: 4
Word count: 21