by Edmund Spenser (1552 - 1599)
What if some little pain
Language: English
What if some little pain the passage have, That makes frail flesh to fear the bitter wave? Is not short pain well home, that brings long ease, And lays the soul to sleep in quiet grave? Sleep after toil, port after stormy seas, Ease after war, death after life doth greatly please.
Text Authorship:
- by Edmund Spenser (1552 - 1599) [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 Ned Rorem (1923 - 2022), "What if some little pain" [sung text checked 1 time]
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Line count: 6
Word count: 52