by Amelia Earhart (1897 - 1937)
Courage is the price that Life exacts
Language: English
Courage is the price that Life exacts for granting peace. The soul that knows it not Knows no release from little things: Knows not the livid loneliness of fear, Nor mountain heights where bitter joy can hear The sound of wings. How can life grant us boon of living, compensate For gray dull ugliness and pregnant hate Unless we dare The soul’s dominion? Each time we make a choice, we pay With courage to behold the resistless day, And count it fair.
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First published in article: Marion Perkins entitled, Who is Amelia Earhart?, In: Survey Graphic magazine, July 1, 1928
Text Authorship:
- by Amelia Earhart (1897 - 1937), Survey Graphic magazine, first published 1928 [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 Misty L. Dupuis (b. 1972), "Fly Amelia!" [ chorus ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Ingrid Stölzel (b. 1971), "Livid Loneliness of Fear", 2019, copyright © 2019 [ mezzo-soprano and instrumental ensemble ], Composers Edition
Publisher: Composers Edition [external link] [sung text checked 1 time]
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This text was added to the website: 2026-09-26
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