by Mary Ann Evans (1819 - 1880), as George Eliot
After all, the true seeing is within
Language: English
After all, the true seeing is within. If we had a keen vision and feeling of ordinary human life. It would be like hearing the grass grow And the squirrel’s heart beat, And we should die of that roar Which lies on the other side Of silence.
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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), "True Seeing" [ voice and piano ], from The Other Side of Silence, no. 5 [sung text checked 1 time]
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This text was added to the website: 2023-10-29
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