by Mary Ann Evans (1819 - 1880), as George Eliot
We all must die
Language: English
We all must die... Commonplace... ”We all must die” Suddenly, acute, transformed into consciousness. “ I must die – and soon.” Then death grapples us, And his fingers are cruel; Afterwards, death may come to fold us in his arms As our mother did, And our last moment of dim, earthly discerning May be like the first.
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Text Authorship:
- by Mary Ann Evans (1819 - 1880), as George Eliot, no title, appears in Middlemarch [novel] [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 Libby Larsen (b. 1950), "Commonplace" [ voice and piano ], from The Other Side of Silence, no. 4 [sung text checked 1 time]
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This text was added to the website: 2023-10-29
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Word count: 57