by Alexander Posey (1873 - 1908)
What I Ask of Life
Language: English
I ask no more of life than sunset's gold; A cottage hid in songbird's neighborhood, Where I may sing and do a little good, For love and pleasant memories when I'm old. If life hath this in store for me — A spot where coarse souls enter not, Or strife — I'm sure there cannot be On earth a fairer heaven sought.
Confirmed with The Poems of Alexander Lawrence Posey, collected and arranged by Mrs. Minnie H. Posey, Topeka, Kansas, 1910.
Text Authorship:
- by Alexander Posey (1873 - 1908), "What I Ask of Life" [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 David Knaggs , "What I Ask of Life", 2006 [ soprano and piano ], from Six songs for voice and piano, poetry by Alexander Posey (1873-1908), no. 6 [sung text not yet checked]
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