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Go, little book, and wish to all Flowers in the garden, meat in the hall, A bin of wine, a spice of wit, A house with lawns enclosing it, A living river by the door, A nightingale in the sycamore!
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Authorship:
- by Robert Louis Stevenson (1850 - 1894), "Envoy", appears in Underwoods, first published 1887 [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 Vittorio Rieti (1898 - 1994), "Wishes", published 1965 [SATB chorus a cappella], from Three Choral Songs [text not verified]
Available translations, adaptations, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ITA Italian (Italiano) (Ferdinando Albeggiani) , title 1: "Auguri", copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website: 2008-11-29
Line count: 6
Word count: 40
Vai, libriccino, a tutti augurante Un giardino fiorito e cibo abbondante, un fiasco di vino, di sale una presa, un prato verde tutto intorno alla casa, un fresco ruscello che passa lì accanto, e, presso il sicomoro, d'un usignolo il canto!
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- Translation from English to Italian (Italiano) copyright © 2008 by Ferdinando Albeggiani, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you may ask the copyright-holder(s) directly or ask us; we are authorized to grant permission on their behalf. Please provide the translator's name when contacting us.
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Based on:
- a text in English by Robert Louis Stevenson (1850 - 1894), "Envoy", appears in Underwoods, first published 1887
This text was added to the website: 2008-12-03
Line count: 6
Word count: 41