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by Arthur Symons (1865 - 1945)

Rest
 (Sung text for setting by J. Ireland)
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Language: English 
The peace of a wandering sky,
Silence, only the cry
Of the crickets, suddenly still,
A bee on the window sill,
A bird's wing, rushing and soft,
Three flails that tramp in the loft,
Summer murmuring
Some sweet, slumberous thing,
Half asleep; but thou cease,
Heart, to hunger for peace,
Or, if thou must find rest,
Cease to beat in my breast.

Composition:

    Set to music by John (Nicholson) Ireland (1879 - 1962), "Rest", 1919, published 1920 [ medium voice and piano ], from Three Songs, no. 3

Text Authorship:

  • by Arthur Symons (1865 - 1945), "Rest", appears in Poems of Arthur Symons, Volume 2, in The Loom of Dreams, first published 1914

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Researcher for this page: Ted Perry

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 12
Word count: 62

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