by Anonymous / Unidentified Author
Translation by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807 - 1882)
She is a maid of artless grace
Language: English after the Spanish (Español)
She is a maid of artless grace, Gentle in form, and fair of face, Tell me, thou ancient mariner, That sailest on the sea, If ship, or sail or evening star Be half so fair as she! Tell me, thou gallant cavalier, Whose shining arms I see, If steel, or sword, or battle-field Be half so fair as she! Tell me, thou swain, that gnard'st thy flock Beneath the shadowy tree, If flock, or vale, or mountain-ridge Be half so fair as she!
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Text Authorship:
- by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807 - 1882), "Song", appears in Outre-Mer: A Pilgrimmage [sic] Beyond the Sea, first published 1883 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
Based on:
- a text in Spanish (Español) by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist [text unavailable]
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Grace B. Allen , "The maid of artless grace" [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by John J. Blockley, the Younger , "She is a maid of artless grace", published 1863 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Rex de Cairos-Rego , "She is a maid of artless grace", published 1911 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor (1875 - 1912), "My Love", subtitle: "A Spanish Ditty", op. 12 no. 1 (1896), published 1896 [ voice and piano or orchestra ], from Southern Love Songs, no. 1 [sung text checked 1 time]
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This text was added to the website: 2008-06-23
Line count: 14
Word count: 83