by Rudyard Kipling (1865 - 1936)
The fall of the stone Matches base text
Language: English
From the unpublished papers of McIntosh Jallaludin By the Hoof of the Wild Goat uptossed From the cliff where she lay in the Sun Fell the Stone To the Tarn where the daylight is lost, So she fell from the light of the Sun, And alone! Now the fall was ordained from the first With the Goat and the Cliff and the Tarn, But the Stone Knows only her life is accursed As she sinks in the depths of the Tarn, And alone! O Thou Who hast builded the World, O Thou Who hast lighted the Sun, O Thou Who hast darkened the Tarn, Judge Thou The sin of the Stone that was hurled By the Goat from the light of the Sun, As she sinks in the mire of the Tarn, Even now - even now - even now!
Composition:
- Set to music by Percy Aldridge Grainger (1882 - 1961), "The fall of the stone", 1901-4, published 1958, rev. 1923 [ strings, harp, piano, harmonium, clarinet, 2 alto saxophones ], from The Jungle Book, no. 1
Text Authorship:
- by Rudyard Kipling (1865 - 1936), no title, appears in Plain Tales from the Hills, heading the story "To be Filed for Reference", first published 1888
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