by Oliver Goldsmith (1730 - 1774)
Good people all, with one accord
Language: English
Good people all, with one accord, Lament for madam Blaize, Who never wanted a good word, . . . . From those who spoke her praise. The needy seldom pass'd her door, And always found her kind; She freely lent to all the poor . . . . Who left a pledge behind. She strove the neighbourhood to please, With manners wond'rous winning; And never follow'd wicked ways, . . . . Unless when she was sinning. At church, in silks and satins new, With hoop of monstrous size, She never slumber'd in her pew, . . . . But when she shut her eyes. Her love was sought, I do aver, By twenty beaux and more; The king himself has followed her, . . . . When she has walk'd before. But now her wealth and finery fled, Her hangers-on cut short all; The doctors found, when she was dead, . . . . Her last disorder mortal. Let us lament, in sorrow sore, For Kent-Street well may say, That had she lived a twelve-month more, . . . . She had not died today.
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Confirmed with The Poetical Works of Oliver Goldsmith, M. B., Baltimore: Coale & Thomas, 1809, pages 91 - 92.
Authorship:
- by Oliver Goldsmith (1730 - 1774), "An Elegy on the Glory of her Sex", subtitle: "Mrs. Mary Blaize" [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 Kate Rusby (b. 1973), "Mary Blaize", 2005 [sung text not yet checked]
Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:
- Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by Johann Baptist Rupprecht (1776 - 1846) , "Elegie auf die Krone ihres Geschlechts, die Frau Therese" ; composed by Carl Adalbert Eberwein.
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