by Stephen Crane (1871 - 1900)
The wayfarer
Language: English
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The wayfarer, Perceiving the pathway to truth, Was struck with astonishment. It was thickly grown with weeds. "Ha," he said, "I see that none has passed here In a long time." Later he saw that each weed Was a singular knife. "Well," he mumbled at last, "Doubtless there are other roads."
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Text Authorship:
- by Stephen Crane (1871 - 1900), no title, appears in War Is Kind and Other Lines, no. 13, first published 1899 [author's text checked 1 time 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 David Sisco , "The wayfarer", 1999 [ baritone and piano ], from Five Stephen Crane Poems, no. 4 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Paul Zonn (b. 1938), "The wayfarer", 1967 [ unaccompanied contralto ], from 3 Folk Songs of Stephen Crane [sung text not yet checked]
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This text was added to the website: 2004-02-09
Line count: 11
Word count: 51