by William Henry Davies (1871 - 1940)
The muse
Language: English
I have no ale, No wine I want; No ornaments, My meat is scant. No maid is near, I have no wife; But here's my pipe And, on my life: With it to smoke, And woo the Muse, To be a king I would not choose. But I crave all, When she does fail -- Wife, ornaments. Meat, wine and ale.
Text Authorship:
- by William Henry Davies (1871 - 1940), "The muse", appears in Nature Poems and Others, first published 1908 [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 Otto Freudenthal (b. 1934), "The muse", 2000 [ voice and piano ], from 10 poems by William H. Davies for voice and piano, no. 1 [sung text not yet checked]
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This text was added to the website: 2011-09-26
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Word count: 60