© by T. S. (Thomas Stearns) Eliot (1888 - 1965)
Language: English
The wounded surgeon plies the steel [ ... ]
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Composition:
- Set to music by Sofia Gubaidulina (1931 - 2025), no title, 1987, stanzas 4-5 [ soprano and string octet ], from Hommage à T. S. Eliot, no. 5
Text Authorship:
- by T. S. (Thomas Stearns) Eliot (1888 - 1965), no title, appears in Four Quartets, in 2. East Coker, no. 4, copyright © 1943
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