by Stephen Crane (1871 - 1900)
[III]. The good knight Matches original text
Language: English
Fast rode the knight With spurs, hot and reeking, Ever waving an eager sword, "To save my lady!" Fast rode the knight, And leaped from saddle to war. Men of steel flickered and gleamed Like riot of silver lights, And the gold of the knight's good banner Still waved on a castle wall. . . . . . A horse, Blowing, staggering, bloody thing, Forgotten at foot of castle wall. A horse Dead at foot of castle wall.
Composition:
- Set to music by Joshua Alan Lindsay (b. 1988), "[III]. The good knight", 2008-9, first performed 2009 [ tenor or high voice and piano ], from Of snow, ice, burning sand, no. 4
Text Authorship:
- by Stephen Crane (1871 - 1900), no title, appears in War Is Kind and Other Lines, no. 8
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This text was added to the website: 2011-09-17
Line count: 16
Word count: 79