Here I sit, and glad am I So to sit contentedly, While with never-hastening feet Time pursues the Infinite; And a silence centuries-deep Swathes my mind as if in sleep. Passive hand, and inward eyes Press on their transient enterprise; As, across my paper’s white Creeps the ink from left to right, Wooing from a soundless brain The formless into words again: So I sit, and glad am I So to sit contentedly.
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Text Authorship:
- by Walter De la Mare (1873 - 1956), first published 1950 [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 John Bartlett (b. 1949), "Here I sit", 2018 [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
Researcher for this page: John Bartlett
This text was added to the website: 2024-03-04
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Word count: 73