by Constance Woodrow (1899 - 1937)
Between the grey monotony of sky
Language: English
Between the grey monotony of sky And darker grey monotony of sea A solitary seagull passes by, Beating the air, and screaming plaintively. And even so -- between grey yesterdays, Before your coming waked my dreaming heart, And darker grey to-morrows, when our ways Must lie forever half a world apart -- I take my way on wings that feebly beat Against the adverse winds of circumstance, My heart, rebellious at this last defeat, Screaming defiance at the gods of chance.
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Text Authorship:
- by Constance Woodrow (1899 - 1937), "Defeat", appears in The Captive Gypsy, Toronto: Balk-Preston, first published 1928 [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 Ty Kroll , "Between the grey", 2004. [SAATB chorus a cappella] [text not verified]
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This text was added to the website: 2010-11-05
Line count: 12
Word count: 79