by Robert Herrick (1591 - 1674)
She by the river sat, and sitting there
Language: English
She by the river sat, and sitting there, She wept, and made it deeper by a tear.
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Text Authorship:
- by Robert Herrick (1591 - 1674), "Another upon her weeping" [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 Fritz Bennicke Hart (1874 - 1949), "Upon Julia's weeping", op. 23 (Twenty-one songs) no. 1 (1916), published 1985 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
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This text was added to the website: 2009-01-31
Line count: 2
Word count: 17