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by Robert Browning (1812 - 1889)

Ask not one least word of praise !
Language: English 
Ask not one least word of praise ! 
Words declare your eyes are bright ? 
What then meant that summer day's 
Silence spent in one long gaze ? 
Was my silence wrong or right ? 

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Text Authorship:

  • by Robert Browning (1812 - 1889), "A pillar at Sebzevah", appears in Ferishtah's Fancies, no. 11, first published 1884 [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 Granville Ransome Bantock, Sir (1868 - 1946), "A pillar at Sebzevah", 1903, published 1905 [ tenor and orchestra ], from Lyrics from "Ferishtah's Fancies", no. 11 [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Helen Archibald Clarke (flourished 1900), "Song: Ask not one least word of praise", published 1891 [ medium voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Gisella (Gussie) Augusta Zuckerman (1887 - 1981), "A query", published 1921 [ high voice and piano ], from Two Poems by Robert Browning [sung text not yet checked]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2009-02-26
Line count: 5
Word count: 31

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