by Robin Flower (1881 - 1946)
A sword
Language: English
As clowns to kings, as pennies to a pound, As serving wenches to princesses crowned, As kings to thee, to sweet songs catches roared, As dips to candles, all swords to my sword.
Confirmed with Twelve Poets. A Miscellany of New Verse, London: Selwyn and Blount, 1918.
Authorship:
- by Robin Flower (1881 - 1946), "A sword" [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 Ivor (Bertie) Gurney (1890 - 1937), "A sword", 1922, published 1938 [ voice and piano ], from A Second Volume of Ten Songs, no. 10, London: Oxford University Press [sung text not yet checked]
Researcher for this page: Melanie Trumbull
This text was added to the website: 2020-04-16
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