by John Freeman Milward Dovaston (1782 - 1854)
A health to the brave
Language: English
A health to the brave, in fields afar Sweet Freedom's foes assailing; And high your choral burden bear, Their names with honours hailing. What meed awaits the fallen brave? A nation's tears to dew them, And bards the blooming flowers to weave, And virgin hands to strew them. But what their meed to whom return In triumph's ear is granted? Beside their comrade's laurel'd urn, To see the olive planted, To hear the good, the great, the fair, Rich notes of rapture pealing. That hig the choral burden bear, Their names with honours hailing.
Authorship:
- by John Freeman Milward Dovaston (1782 - 1854) [author's text not yet checked 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 Ludwig van Beethoven (1770 - 1827), "A health to the brave", WoO 157 no. 6 (1814-5), from 12 songs of various nationalities, no. 6 [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- GER German (Deutsch) (Georg Pertz) , "Unsern Helden!"
Researcher for this page: Ferdinando Albeggiani
This text was added to the website: 2005-12-08
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Word count: 94