by Robert Herrick (1591 - 1674)
The Plunder
Language: English
I am of all bereft, Save but some few beans left, Whereof, at last, to make For me and mine a cake, Which eaten, they and I Will say our grace, and die.
Confirmed with Works of Robert Herrick, Vol I, ed. by Alfred Pollard, London, Lawrence & Bullen, 1891, page 216.
Authorship:
- by Robert Herrick (1591 - 1674), "The Plunder" [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 Fritz Bennicke Hart (1874 - 1949), "The Plunder", op. 86 (Nine Sets of Four Songs Each, Set V) no. 4 (1930) [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
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