by William Blake (1757 - 1827)
Lacedemonian instruction
Language: English
Come hither, my boy, tell me what thou seest there? A fool tangled in a religious snare.
Text Authorship:
- by William Blake (1757 - 1827), "Lacedemonian instruction", written 1793, appears in Notebook, in Gnomic Verses, no. 5 [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 Michael Richard Miller (b. 1932), "Lacedemonian instruction", 1965 [tenor, bass, and 2 baritone soli, TTBB chorus, and piano], from Blasphemies of Blake, no. 5. [text not verified]
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This text was added to the website: 2011-01-17
Line count: 2
Word count: 17