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I have trod the upward and the downward slope; I have endured and done in days before; I have longed for all, and bid farewell to hope; And I have lived and loved, and closed the door.
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Authorship
- by Robert Louis Stevenson (1850 - 1894), no title, appears in Songs of Travel and other verses, no. 22 [author's text not yet checked 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 Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872 - 1958), "I have trod the upward and the downward slope", 1904, from Songs of Travel, no. 9. [ sung text verified 1 time]
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- CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "He petjat per pendents amunt i avall", copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ITA Italian (Italiano) (Ferdinando Albeggiani) , "A piedi ho percorso salite e discese", copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
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He petjat per pendents amunt i avall, he patit i tascat en dies passats, m’he delit per tot i he dit adéu a l’esperança; he viscut, he estimat i he tancat la porta.
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- Translation from English to Catalan (Català) copyright © 2016 by Salvador Pila, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you may ask the copyright-holder(s) directly or ask us; we are authorized to grant permission on their behalf. Please provide the translator's name when contacting us.
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- a text in English by Robert Louis Stevenson (1850 - 1894), no title, appears in Songs of Travel and other verses, no. 22
This text was added to the website: 2016-02-11
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Word count: 33