by William Blake (1757 - 1827)
Remove away that black'ning church
Language: English
Remove away that black'ning church, Remove away that marriage hearse, Remove away that man of blood -- You'll quite remove the ancient curse.
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Authorship:
- by William Blake (1757 - 1827), "An ancient Proverb", appears in Notebook, in Gnomic Verses, in 17. Several Questions Answered, no. 5 [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 Romulus Franceschini (b. 1929), "Remove away that black'ning church", 1964 [tenor or soprano and piano], from Blake Cycle, no. 1. [text not verified]
- by Michael Richard Miller (b. 1932), "An ancient proverb", 1965 [tenor, bass, and 2 baritone soli, TTBB chorus, and piano], from Blasphemies of Blake, no. 4. [text not verified]
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This text was added to the website: 2011-01-07
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Word count: 22