by Lizette Woodworth Reese (1856 - 1935)
Twelfth Night
Language: English
Three wild kings come to the town, Riding with one mind; Scarlet, cinnamon, stormy blue, Stream their cloaks behind. Call the wild kings through the night, Standing each at door; "Open. There is here a gift, Kept for you of yore." "Here is gold," saith the wild king, He the blue-clad one; "Here is frankincense," saith he, All in cinnamon. Saith the king in scarlet cloak, Standing there at door; "Here is myrrh, a bitter thing, Kept for you of yore."
Confirmed with Lizette Woodworth Reese, Wild Cherry, Baltimore, Md: The Norman, Remington Co, 1923.
Text Authorship:
- by Lizette Woodworth Reese (1856 - 1935), "Twelfth Night", appears in Wild Cherry [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), "Twelfth Night", op. 154 (Five Songs for Voice and Pianoforte) no. 2 (1943) [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
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Word count: 81