by Arthur Symons (1865 - 1945)
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.
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