by Algernon Charles Swinburne (1837 - 1909)
Fly, white butterflies, out to sea
Language: English
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Fly, white butterflies, out to sea, Frail pale wings for the winds to try, Small white wings that we scarce can see Fly. Here and there may a chance-caught eye Note in a score of you twain or three Brighter or darker of tinge or dye. Some fly light as a laugh of glee, Some fly soft as a low long sigh: All to the haven where each would be Fly.
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Text Authorship:
- by Algernon Charles Swinburne (1837 - 1909), "Envoi", appears in A Century of Roundels, first published 1883 [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 Gerda Blok-Wilson (b. 1955), "White Butterflies", 2021 [ women's chorus ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by K. I. Bray , "White butterflies", published 1968 [ soprano and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Rossetter Gleason Cole (1866 - 1952), "White butterflies", published 1914-7 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Felix Corbett (1861 - 1940), "Butterflies", published 1892 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Margaret Ruthven Lang (1867 - 1972), "White butterflies", published 1904 [ vocal trio for 2 sopranos and alto with piano ], C. C. Birchard [sung text not yet checked]
- by John Reginald Lang-Hyde (1899 - 1990), "Envoi", 1950 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by James Hotchkiss Rogers (1857 - 1940), "Fly, white butterflies, out to sea", published <<1929 [ medium voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
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This text was added to the website: 2009-01-27
Line count: 11
Word count: 71