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Here, in this little Bay, Full of tumultuous life and great repose, Where, twice a day, The purposeless, glad ocean comes and goes, Under high cliffs, and far from the huge town, I sit me down. For want of me the world's course will not fail: When all its work is done, the lie shall rot; The truth is great, and shall prevail, [When]1 none cares whether it prevail or not.
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View text without footnotes1 Chilcott: "Where"
Text Authorship:
- by Coventry (Kersey Dighton) Patmore (1823 - 1896), "Magna est veritas", appears in The Unknown Eros and other Odes I-XXI, first published 1877 [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 John H. Ashton (b. 1938), "Magna est veritas", 1973, first performed 1973 [ baritone, SSA chorus, flute, alto saxophone, trumpet, horn, and piano ], from Songs from "The Unknown Eros" [sung text not yet checked]
- by Robert Chilcott (b. 1955), "The Truth is Great", 2008 [ chorus and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by John Edmunds (1913 - 1986), "Magna est veritas", 1935-60, published 1975 [ voice and piano ], from Hesperides: Fifty Songs by John Edmunds -- or The Fortunate Isles [sung text not yet checked]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- DUT Dutch (Nederlands) (Lidy van Noordenburg) , copyright © 2023, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Research team for this page: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Lidy van Noordenburg
This text was added to the website: 2008-09-11
Line count: 10
Word count: 72
Hier, in deze kleine baai, Vol van onstuimig leven en diepe rust, Waar, twee maal daags, de doelloze, blije oceaan komt en gaat, Ver van de enorme stad en onder hoge kliffen ga ik zitten. Zonder mij zal de wereld niet ten onder gaan Als het werk is gedaan, zal de leugen vergaan De waarheid is groots en zal overheersen. Of diens zege iemand kan schelen of niet.
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Translations of titles
"Magna est veritas" = "De waarheid is groots"
"The Truth is Great" = "De waarheid is groots"
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- Translation from English to Dutch (Nederlands) copyright © 2023 by Lidy van Noordenburg, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you may ask the copyright-holder(s) directly or ask us; we are authorized to grant permission on their behalf. Please provide the translator's name when contacting us.
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Based on:
- a text in English by Coventry (Kersey Dighton) Patmore (1823 - 1896), "Magna est veritas", appears in The Unknown Eros and other Odes I-XXI, first published 1877
This text was added to the website: 2023-06-08
Line count: 10
Word count: 68