by William Sharp (1855 - 1905), as Fiona Macleod
At the last
Language: English
She cometh no more: Time too is dead. The last tide is led [From]1 the last shore. Eternity! What is Eternity, But the sea coming, The sea going Forevermore?
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1 Bax: "to"
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1 Bax: "to"
Text Authorship:
- by William Sharp (1855 - 1905), as Fiona Macleod, "At the last", appears in From the Hills of Dream, first published 1896 [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 Arnold Edward Trevor Bax, Sir (1883 - 1953), "At the last", published 1906 [ baritone and piano ], from A Celtic Song-Cycle, no. 5 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Fritz Bennicke Hart (1874 - 1949), "At the last", op. 73 (Six Sets of Five Songs Each for Voice and Pianoforte, Set II) no. 1 (1927) [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Jack Hawes (b. 1916), "At the last" [ medium voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 9
Word count: 30