by Walter Savage Landor (1775 - 1864)
On his seventy‑fifth birthday Matches original text
Language: English
I strove with none, for none was worth my strife: Nature I loved, and, next to Nature, Art: I warm'd both hands before the fire of Life; It sinks; and I am ready to depart.
First published in the Examiner, February 1849.
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
Composition:
- Set to music by Ned Rorem (1923 - 2022), "On his seventy-fifth birthday", 2002 [ medium voice, violin, cello, and piano ], from Aftermath, no. 6, Boosey & Hawkes
Text Authorship:
- by Walter Savage Landor (1775 - 1864), "Dying Speech of an Old Philosopher"
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Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website: 2008-07-26
Line count: 4
Word count: 35