Language: English 
Our translations:  DUT
Here, in this little Bay,
Full of tumultuous life and great repose,
Where, twice a day,
The purposeless, glad ocean comes and goes,
Under high cliffs, and far from the huge town,
I sit me down.
For want of me the world's course will not fail:
When all its work is done, the lie shall rot;
The truth is great, and shall prevail,
Where none cares whether it prevail or not.

Composition:

    Set to music by Robert Chilcott (b. 1955), "The Truth is Great", 2008 [ chorus and piano ]

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Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

  • DUT Dutch (Nederlands) (Lidy van Noordenburg) , copyright © 2023, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


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This text was added to the website: 2008-09-11
Line count: 10
Word count: 71