by Thomas Bailey Aldrich (1836 - 1907)
To the Queen's health
Language: English
I drink, I dare not say to whom, A Queen -- not England's Queen, but mine! I drink to one whose pure young lips Are richer than the wine. Unto her hazel eyes I drink, And to her nut-brown hair, And to the cheeks that wear The sea-shell's faintest pink! I would that I might breathe her name, My simple song would grow divine, Even as these molten rubies turn (When spilt for her,) to holy wine!
Text Authorship:
- by Thomas Bailey Aldrich (1836 - 1907), "To the Queen's health", appears in The Ballad of Babie Bell and Other Poems [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 Alfred Humphries Pease (1838 - 1882), "To the Queen's health" [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
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