by (Joseph) Hilaire Belloc (1870 - 1953)
On Torture: a public singer
Language: English
Torture will give a dozen pence or more To keep a drab from bawling at his door. The public taste is quite a different thing -- Torture is positively paid to sing.
Text Authorship:
- by (Joseph) Hilaire Belloc (1870 - 1953), "On Torture: a public singer", appears in Verses and Sonnets, first published 1896 [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 Archie James Potter (b. 1918), "On Torture: a public singer", published 1972 [ SATB chorus a cappella ], from Ten Epigrams by Hilaire Belloc [sung text not yet checked]
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This text was added to the website: 2009-01-16
Line count: 4
Word count: 32