by John Keats (1795 - 1821)
Two or three posies
Language: English
Two or three posies With two or three simples - Two or three noses With two or three pimples - Two or three wisemen And two or three ninnies - Two or three purses And two or three guineas - Two or three raps At two or three doors - Two or three naps Of two or three hours - Two or three cats And two or three mice - Two or three sprats At a very great price - Two or three sandies And two or three tabbies - Two or three dandies And two Mrs -- mum! Two or three smiles And two or three frowns - Two or three miles To two or three towns - Two or three pegs For two or three bonnets - Two or three dove's eggs To hatch into sonnets.
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Text Authorship:
- by John Keats (1795 - 1821), no title [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 Dominick Argento (1927 - 2019), "Two or three posies", 1968, published 1969 [ mixed chorus a cappella ], from A Nation of Cowslips, no. 7, NY: Boosey & Hawkes [sung text not yet checked]
- by Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco (1895 - 1968), "Two or three", published 1954 [ SATB chorus a cappella ], NY : Galaxy Music Corp. [sung text not yet checked]
- by Adrian Cruft (b. 1921), "Two or three", published 1977 [ SSAA chorus a cappella ], London : Joad [sung text not yet checked]
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This text was added to the website: 2010-12-17
Line count: 28
Word count: 125