Epitaph
Language:
English
Beauty and youth, with manners sweet, and friends -
Gold, yet a mind not unenriched had he
Whom here low violets veil from eyes.
But all these gifts transcended be:
His happier fortune in this mound you see.
Input by Barbara Miller
Authorship
by
Herman Melville (1819-1891)
, "On the Grave of a Young Cavalry Officer Killed in the Valley of Virginia", from Battle-Pieces and Aspects of the War, published 1866
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text),
listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive)
by David Leo Diamond (1915-2005)
, "Epitaph", subtitle: "On the Grave of a Young Cavalry Officer killed in the Valley of Virginia", published 1946. [medium voice, piano]
Date added to the website: 2004-05-27.
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