by Robert Browning (1812 - 1889)
A bean‑stripe; also apple‑eating
Language: English
"Why from the world," Ferishtah smiled, "should thanks Go to this work of mine ? If worthy praise, Praised let it be and welcome : as verse ranks, So rate my verse : if good therein outweighs Aught faulty judged, judge justly ! Justice says : Be just to fact, or blaming or approving : But generous ? No, nor loving ! "Loving ! what claim to love has work of mine ? Concede my life were emptied of its gains To furnish forth and fill work's strict confine, Who works so for the world's sake he complains With cause when hate, not love, rewards his pains. I looked beyond the world for truth and beauty : Sought, found and did my duty."
Text Authorship:
- by Robert Browning (1812 - 1889), "A bean-stripe; also apple-eating", appears in Ferishtah's Fancies, no. 12, 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 bean-stripe; also apple-eating", 1903, published 1905 [tenor and orchestra], from Lyrics from "Ferishtah's Fancies", no. 12. [text not verified]
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