by William Butler Yeats (1865 - 1939)
XI. His Confidence Matches original text
Language: English
Undying love to buy I wrote upon The corners of this eye All wrongs done. What payment were enough For undying love? I broke my heart in two So hard I struck. What matter? for I know That out of rock, Out of a desolate source, Love leaps upon its course.
Composition:
- Set to music by Stanley Grill (b. 1953), "XI. His Confidence", 2020, copyright © 2020 [ baritone and piano ], from Selections from 'Words for Music Perhaps', no. 4, confirmed with an online score
Text Authorship:
- by William Butler Yeats (1865 - 1939), "His confidence", appears in The Winding Stair, first published 1929
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This text was added to the website: 2009-01-19
Line count: 12
Word count: 52