by Walter Scott, Sir (1771 - 1832)
Lucy Ashton's Song
Language: English
Look not thou on beauty’s charming; Sit thou still when kings are arming; Taste not when the wine-cup glistens; Speak not when the people listens; Stop thine ear against the singer; From the red gold keep thy finger; Vacant heart and hand and eye, Easy live and quiet die.
Authorship:
- by Walter Scott, Sir (1771 - 1832), "Lucy Ashton's Song", appears in The Bride of Lammermoor, first published 1819 [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 Eliza Flower (1803 - 1846), "Lucy Ashton's Song", published 1831? [ chorus and piano ], from Musical Illustrations of the Waverley Novels, London : Jos. Alfred Novello [sung text not yet checked]
- by Humphrey Procter-Gregg (1895 - 1980), "Lucy Ashton's Song" [ chorus ] [sung text not yet checked]
Researcher for this page: Mike Pearson
This text was added to the website: 2016-06-14
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Word count: 49