by Rudyard Kipling (1865 - 1936)
A dead statesman
Language: English
I could not dig: I dared not rob: Therefore I lied to please the mob. Now all my lies are proved untrue And I must face the men I slew. What tale shall serve me here among Mine angry and defrauded young?
Authorship:
- by Rudyard Kipling (1865 - 1936), "A dead statesman", appears in Epitaphs of the War [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 Ned Rorem (1923 - 2022), "A dead statesman", 1997, published 1999, from Evidence of Things Not Seen, no. 17 [sung text checked 1 time]
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website: 2004-08-04
Line count: 6
Word count: 42