by Stephen Crane (1871 - 1900)
If there is a witness to my little life
Language: English
If there is a witness to my little life, To my tiny throes and struggles, He sees a fool; And it is not fine for gods to menace fools.
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Authorship:
- by Stephen Crane (1871 - 1900), no title, appears in The Black Riders and Other Lines, no. 13, first published 1895 [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 Richard Hermann , "If there is a witness", 2007, from Four Song from Steven Crane, no. 3. [text verified 1 time]
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This text was added to the website: 2008-08-31
Line count: 4
Word count: 29