by Elizabeth Barrett Browning (1806 - 1861)
Oh, the little birds sang east, and the...
Language: English
Oh, the little birds sang east, and the little birds sang west -- Toll slowly. Oh, and laughed the Duchess May, and her soul did put away All his boasting, for a jest.
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- by Elizabeth Barrett Browning (1806 - 1861), no title, appears in Poems, in Rhyme of the Duchess May, in The Rhyme, no. 33, Volume II, first published 1844 [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 Julia Howe, née Ward (1819 - 1910), "Oh the little birds sang east", published 1908 [ low voice and piano ], from Songs, Boston : Boston Music Company [sung text not yet checked]
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Word count: 32