by Edith Sitwell (1887 - 1964)
Said King Pompey
Language: English
Said King Pompey, the emperor's ape Shuddering black in his temporal cape Of dust: "The dust is everything - The heart to love And the voice to sing Indianapolis, And the Acropolis, Also the hairy sky that we Take for a coverlet comfortably." ... Said the Bishop Eating his ketchup "There still remains Eternity (Swelling the diocese) - That elephantiasis The flunkeyed and trumpeting Sea!"
Text Authorship:
- by Edith Sitwell (1887 - 1964), appears in Façade, first published 1922 [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 William Walton (1902 - 1983), "Said King Pompey", from Façade [sung text checked 1 time]
Researcher for this page: Dan Eggleston
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 17
Word count: 62