by George Gordon Noel Byron, Lord Byron (1788 - 1824)
On my wedding day
Language: English
Here's a happy New Year! but with reason I beg you'll permit me to say -- Wish me many returns of the Season, But as few as you please of the Day.
Note: Medwin (Conversations, 1824, p. 156) prints the following alternative for the last two lines:
You may wish me returns of the season, Let us, prithee, have none of the day!
Text Authorship:
- by George Gordon Noel Byron, Lord Byron (1788 - 1824), "On my wedding-day", written 1820, appears in Letters and Journals of Lord Byron: with Notices of His Life, first published 1830 [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 Laura Karpman , "On my wedding day", copyright © 1986 [ soprano or tenor, flute (piccolo), English horn, bass clarinet, marimba, harpsichord, violin, viola, and contrabass ], from Stanzas for Music, no. 2, Saint Louis, Étoile Music [sung text not yet checked]
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This text was added to the website: 2012-03-01
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Word count: 31