by Stephen Crane (1871 - 1900)
There were many who went in huddled...
Language: English
There were many who went in huddled procession, They knew not whither; But, at any rate, success or calamity Would attend all in equality. There was one who sought a new road. He went into direful thickets, And ultimately he died thus, alone; But they said he had courage.
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Text Authorship:
- by Stephen Crane (1871 - 1900), no title, appears in The Black Riders and Other Lines, no. 17 [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 Richard Owen (b. 1922?), "There were many who went in huddled procession", published 1966 [ medium voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
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This text was added to the website: 2004-05-07
Line count: 8
Word count: 49