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Compare me to the child

Language: English

Compare me to the child that plays with fire, 
or to the fly that dieth in the flame, 
or to the foolish boy, that did aspire, 
to touch the glory of high heaven's frame. 
No man to these me fitly can compare, 
these live to die, I die to live in care.


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

Date added to the website: 2009-07-26.

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