by Robert Browning (1812 - 1889)
Appearances
Language: English
And so you found that poor room dull, Dark, hardly to your taste, my dear? Its features seemed unbeautiful: But this I know -- 't was there, not here, You plighted troth to me, the word Which -- ask that poor room how it heard[.] And this rich room obtains your praise Unqualified, -- so bright, so fair, So all whereat perfection stays? Ay, but remember -- here, not there, The other word was spoken! Ask This rich room how you dropped the mask[.]
Text Authorship:
- by Robert Browning (1812 - 1889), "Appearances" [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 Clara Kathleen Rogers (1844 - 1931), "Appearances", op. 32 no. 2, published 1900 [voice and piano], from Browning songs (Second Series), no. 2, Boston : Arthur P. Schmidt and Co. [text not verified]
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This text was added to the website: 2011-07-14
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