by Thomas Hardy (1840 - 1928)
Exeunt omnes
Language: English
I Everybody else, then, going, And I still left where the fair was? . . . Much have I seen of neighbour loungers Making a lusty showing, Each now past all knowing. II There is an air of blankness In the street and the littered spaces; Thoroughfare, steeple, bridge and highway Wizen themselves to lankness; Kennels dribble dankness. III Folk all fade. And whither, As I wait alone where the fair was? Into the clammy and numbing night-fog Whence they entered hither. Soon do I follow thither!
Authorship:
- by Thomas Hardy (1840 - 1928), "Exeunt omnes", appears in Satires of Circumstance, Lyrics and Reveries with Miscellaneous Pieces, first published 1914 [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 Gerald Finzi (1901 - 1956), "Exeunt omnes", op. 2 no. 6 (1921-1922), published 1925 [ baritone and string quartet ], from By Footpath and Stile, no. 6 [sung text checked 1 time]
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This text was added to the website: 2008-01-08
Line count: 18
Word count: 87