Milde en goed, zoo wilde ik wezen,
als roo riekende eerdebezen;
als de lelie, [blank]1 en fijn,
geurig als de rosmarijn.

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Spelling changes used by Mortelmans: riekende -> riekend'
¹ omitted by Mortelmans.

Text Authorship:

• by Guido (Pieter Theodoor Jozef) Gezelle (1830 - 1899), written 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 Herman Meima (1905 - 1999), "Milde en goed", 1979 [ voice and piano ], from Bloesem, no. 4 [sung text checked 1 time]
• by Ivo Oscar Mortelmans (1901 - 1984), "Milde en goed", 1942 [ voice, unaccompanied ] [sung text checked 1 time]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2008-09-16
Line count: 4
Word count: 21