A flower given to my daughter

Frail the white rose and frail are
Her hands that gave
Whose soul is sere and paler
Than time's wan wave.

Rosefrail and fair-- yet frailest
A wonder wild
In gentle eyes thou veilest,
My blueveined child.

by James Joyce (1882-1941) , "A flower given to my daughter", 1913, from Pomes Penyeach, no. 3

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive)

by Lorne M. Betts (1918-) , "Frail the white rose and frail are", 1952 [voice and piano], from Five Songs (1952), no. ?
by David Del Tredici (1937-) , "A flower given to my daughter", published 1974 [voice and piano], from Four Songs on Texts of James Joyce, no. ?
by David Leo Diamond (1915-2005) , "A flower given to my daughter", published 1942. [voice and piano]
by Bernard van Dieren (1887-1936) , "Frail the white rose", 1930.
by Ernest John Moeran (1894-1950) , "Rosefrail", published 1931. [medium voice and piano]
by Albert Roussel (1869-1937) , "A flower given to my daughter", published 1933 [voice and piano], from The Joyce Book, no. 3, note: sometimes published with the same opus number as "Deux idylles", op. 44
by Ronald Stevenson (1928-) , "A flower given to my daughter", 1971. [medium voice and piano]
by William Strickland (1914-) , "A flower given to my daughter", published 1961. [medium high voice and piano]

by Luigi Dallapiccola (1904-1975) , "Per un fiore dato alla mia bambina", 1949, published 1960 [soprano and chamber orchestra], from Tre poemi, no. 1.

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