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Two Epitaphs

Song Cycle by Elizabeth Maconchy (1907 - 1994)

1. Our life is nothing but a winter's day
 (Sung text)

Language: English 
Our life is nothing but a winter's day:
Some only break their fast and then away:
Others stay dinner and depart full-fed:
The deepest age but sups and goes to bed:
He's most in debt that lingers out the day:
Who dies betimes has less, has less to pay.

Text Authorship:

  • by Francis Quarles (1592 - 1644), no title, appears in Divine Fancies: digested into epigrammes, meditations, and observations, first published 1633

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2. As the tree falls
 (Sung text)

Language: English 
As the tree falls,
So must it lie.
As the man lives,
So will he die.
As the man dies,
So must he lie
All through the days
Of eternity.

Text Authorship:

  • by Anonymous / Unidentified Author

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