by William Blake (1757 - 1827)
An answer to the parson
Language: English
Why of the sheep do you not learn peace? Because I don't want you to shear my fleece.
Text Authorship:
- by William Blake (1757 - 1827), "An answer to the parson", appears in Notebook, in Gnomic Verses, no. 4 [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), "An answer to the parson", 1965 [tenor, bass, and 2 baritone soli, TTBB chorus, and piano], from Blasphemies of Blake, no. 6. [text not verified]
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website: 2011-01-17
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Word count: 18