by William Ernest Henley (1849 - 1903)
Take, dear, my little sheaf of songs
Language: English
Take, dear, my little sheaf of songs, For, old or new, All that is good in them belongs Only to you; And, singing as when all was young, They will recall Those others, lived but left unsung -- The bent of all.
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Text Authorship:
- by William Ernest Henley (1849 - 1903), "Dedication - to my wife", appears in A Book of Verses, first published 1888 [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 Hugo Riesenfeld (1879 - 1939), "Dedication", <<1939. [text not verified]
- by Landon Ronald, Sir (1873 - 1938), "Dedication", published 1908 [voice and piano], from Echoes [text not verified]
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This text was added to the website: 2008-12-10
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Word count: 41