by Robert Herrick (1591 - 1674)
Give me a cell
Language: English
Give me a cell To dwell, Where no foot hath A path: There will I spend And end My wearied years In tears.
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Text Authorship:
- by Robert Herrick (1591 - 1674), "His wish to privacy" [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), "His wish to privacie", op. 23 (Twenty-one songs) no. 3 (1916) [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
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This text was added to the website: 2009-01-31
Line count: 8
Word count: 23