Brown is my Love (Anonymous, set by I. Gurney, R. Quilter) (The Lied and Art Song Texts Page: Texts and Translations to Lieder, mélodies, canzoni, and other classical vocal music)


Brown is my Love, but graceful,
And each renownèd whiteness,
Matched with her lovely brown, loseth its brightness;
Fair is my Love, but scornful,
Yet have I seen despisèd
Dainty white lilies, and sad flowers well prizèd.

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Authorship

Anonymous/Unidentified Artist

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

Ivor Gurney (1890-1937)

Roger Quilter (1877-1953)

Seven Elizabethan Lyrics

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