The tygers of wrath are wiser than the horses of instruction.
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The tigers of wrath
Set by Ned Rorem (1923 - 2022), "The tigers of wrath", 2001-2 [ medium voice, violin, cello, and piano ], from Aftermath, no. 2, Boosey & Hawkes [sung text not yet checked]
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Text Authorship:
- by William Blake (1757 - 1827)
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- CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "Proverbi V", copyright © 2024, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Proverbe V", copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
There is no spark of reason in the world And all is raked in ashy heaps of beastliness.
Text Authorship:
- by John Marston (1575? - 1634), appears in The Malcontent
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We for a certainty are not the first
Have sat in taverns while the tempest hurled
Their hopeful plans to emptiness, and cursed
Whatever brute and blackguard made the world.
Text Authorship:
- by Alfred Edward Housman (1859 - 1936), no title, appears in Last Poems, no. 9, first published 1922
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Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]This is not what man hates, Yet he can curse but this. Harsh Gods and hostile Fates And dreams: this only is.
Text Authorship:
- by Matthew Arnold (1822 - 1888), no title, appears in Empedocles on Etna, and Other Poems, in Empedocles on Etna, Act I, Scene 2, lines 303-306, an excerpt of a lengthy monologue by Empedocles
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Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]Author(s): Alfred Edward Housman (1859 - 1936), John Marston (1575? - 1634), Matthew Arnold (1822 - 1888), William Blake (1757 - 1827)