by Paul Laurence Dunbar (1872 - 1906)
Death
Language: English
Storm and strife and stress, Lost in a wilderness, Groping to find a way, Forth to the haunts of day. Sudden a vista peeps, Out of the tangled deeps, Only a point – the ray But at the end is day. Dark is the dawn and chill, Daylight is on the hill, Night is the flitting breath, Day rides the hills of death.
Text Authorship:
- by Paul Laurence Dunbar (1872 - 1906), appears in Lyrics of Love and Laughter, first published 1903 [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 Gary Bachlund (b. 1947), "Death", 2012 [ medium voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
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This text was added to the website: 2017-11-13
Line count: 12
Word count: 63