by D. H. (David Herbert) Lawrence (1885 - 1930)
Men and Machines
Language: English
Man invented the machine and now the machine has invented man. God the Father is a dynamo and God the Son a talking radio and God the Holy Ghost is gas that keeps it all going. And men have perforce to be little dynamos and little talking radios and the human spirit is so much gas, to keep it all going. Man invented the machine so now the machine has invented man.
Text Authorship:
- by D. H. (David Herbert) Lawrence (1885 - 1930), "Men and Machines" [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 Ting Wei Americ Goh , "Men and Machines", 2017 [ voice and piano ], from Seven Songs on Men, no. 1 [sung text not yet checked]
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This text was added to the website: 2022-02-01
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Word count: 72