by William Blake (1757 - 1827)
Soft deceit and idleness
Language: English
Soft deceit and idleness, These are Beauty's sweetest dress.
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- by William Blake (1757 - 1827), no title, appears in Notebook, in Gnomic Verses, in 17. Several Questions Answered, no. 3 [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 Peter Tahourdin (1928 - 2009), "Self deceit and idleness, these are Beauty's sweetest dress", 1968 [SATB chorus a cappella], from Seven Gnomic Verses, no. 5. [text verified 1 time]
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