by Thomas Bailey Aldrich (1836 - 1907)
A sorrowful woman said to me
Language: English
A sorrowful woman said to me, "Come in and look on our child." I saw an Angel at shut of day, And it never spoke but smiled. I think of it in the city's streets, I dream of it when I rest The violet eyes, the waxen hands, And the one white rose on the breast!
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Text Authorship:
- by Thomas Bailey Aldrich (1836 - 1907), "Dead", appears in The Ballad of Babie Bell and Other Poems, first published 1859 [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 Charles Henshaw Dana (1846 - 1883), "The one white rose", published 1876. [voice and piano] [text not verified]
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Word count: 56