by Anonymous / Unidentified Author

Language: English 
The life of this world
is ruled with wind,
weeping, darkness
and stirring.
With wind we blowen,
with wind we lassen;
with weeping we comen,
with weeping we passen.
With stirring we beginnen,
with stirring we enden,
with dread we dwellen,
with dread we wenden.
Anonymous Middle English poetry

Composition:

    Set to music by Elena Langer , "The life of this world", 2022 [  soprano, oboe and harpsichord ], from Love & Endings, no. 2, Rijswijk : Stichting Donemus Beheer

Text Authorship:

  • by Anonymous / Unidentified Author, "The life of this world "

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