by (Joseph) Hilaire Belloc (1870 - 1953)
The Devil, having nothing else to do
Language: English
The Devil, having nothing else to do, Went off to tempt My Lady Poltagrue. My Lady, tempted by a private whim, To his extreme annoyance, tempted him.
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Text Authorship:
- by (Joseph) Hilaire Belloc (1870 - 1953), "On Lady Poltagrue, a Public Peril", appears in Sonnets and Verse (1923), first published 1923 [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 Lady Poltagrue", published 1972 [ SATB chorus a cappella ], from Ten Epigrams by Hilaire Belloc [sung text not yet checked]
- by Halsey Stevens (1908 - 1989), "Epigram: On Lady Poltagrue, a Public Peril", 1941 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
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This text was added to the website: 2009-01-17
Line count: 4
Word count: 27