by Anonymous / Unidentified Author
Her gown was of vermilion silk
Language: English
Her gown was of vermilion silk, and her hood was all of lace, And ev'ry movement, as she came, was full of dainty grace. I doff'd my cap and bowed, and said, "I venture to suppose You are the garden spirit of a lily or a rose." She passed me by without a smile, and with her peacock fan Express'd disdain, such cold disdain as none but Lady Lovely can.
Authorship:
- by Anonymous / Unidentified Author [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 Charles Edward Ives (1874 - 1954), "Her gown was of vermilion silk", 1897. [text verified 1 time]
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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 6
Word count: 70