by Charles Rann Kennedy (1871 - 1950)
Pebbles
Language: English
Pebbles we
In a sea
Of mingled mirth and misery.
Crunch and grind,
Every kind
Angles off, a shape shall find.
Presently,
We shall be
Fair and fit for God to see.
Confirmed with Harper’s Magazine, Volume 107, 1903, page 276
Text Authorship:
- by Charles Rann Kennedy (1871 - 1950), "Pebbles" [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Mabel P. (Phoebe?) Cave-Browne-Cave (1881 - 1958), "Pebbles", 1929 [voice and piano], unpublished [text verified 1 time]
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