by William Blake (1757 - 1827)
Abstinence sows sand all over
Language: English
Abstinence sows sand all over The ruddy limbs & flaming hair, But Desire Gratified Plants fruits of life & beauty there.
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Text Authorship:
- by William Blake (1757 - 1827), no title, written 1793, appears in Notebook, in Gnomic Verses, no. 10 [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 (1929 - 1994), "Abstinence sows sand all over", 1964 [ tenor or soprano and piano ], from Blake Cycle, no. 3 [sung text not yet checked]
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This text was added to the website: 2011-01-07
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Word count: 21