by William Henry Davies (1871 - 1940)
The example
Language: English
Here's an example from
A Butterfly;
That on a rough, hard rock
Happy can lie;
Friendless and all alone
On this unsweetened stone.
Now let my bed be hard
No care take I;
I'll make my joy like this
Small Butterfly;
Whose happy heart has power
To make a stone a flower.
Text Authorship:
- by William Henry Davies (1871 - 1940), "The example", appears in Songs of Joy and Others, first published 1911 [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 Antony Garlick (b. 1927), "The example", published 1967 [ 2-part chorus of equal voices a cappella ], from Eleven Canzonets [sung text not yet checked]
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This text was added to the website: 2009-01-15
Line count: 12
Word count: 53