by Robert Herrick (1591 - 1674)
The coming of good luck
Language: English
So good luck came, and on my roof did light, Like noiseless snow, or as the dew of night: Not all at once, but gently, as the trees Are by the sunbeams tickled by degrees.
Authorship:
- by Robert Herrick (1591 - 1674) [author's text not yet checked 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 Andy Vores (b. 1956), "The coming of good luck", from The Rainy Summer, no. 5. [text verified 1 time]
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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 4
Word count: 35