by Percy Bysshe Shelley (1792 - 1822)
Language: English
... To suffer woes which Hope thinks infinite; To forgive wrongs darker than death or night; To defy Power, which seems omnipotent; ... Neither to change, nor falter, nor repent; This is to be Good, great and joyous, beautiful and free; This is alone Life, Joy, Empire, and Victory.
Composition:
- Set to music by Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872 - 1958), "Prelude", 1949-1952, first performed 1953, stanza 3 (lines 1-3,6-9) [ soprano and orchestra ], from Symphony no. 7 - Sinfonia Antartica, no. 1
Text Authorship:
- by Percy Bysshe Shelley (1792 - 1822), no title, appears in Prometheus Unbound, excerpt
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Research team for this page: Ahmed E. Ismail , Harry Joelson
This text was added to the website: 2005-12-31
Line count: 22
Word count: 168