by Robert Herrick (1591 - 1674)
Soft music
Language: English
The mellow touch of music most doth wound The soul, when it doth rather sigh than sound.
Text 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 Ernest Walker (1870 - 1949), "Soft music" [chorus], partsong [text verified 1 time]
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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
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Word count: 17