by Edna St. Vincent Millay (1892 - 1950)
Tristan
Language: English
Put it down! I say; put it down, - here, give it to me, I know what is in it, you Irish believer in fairies! Here, let me smash it Once and for all, Against the corners of the wall! Do we need philters? Look at me! Look at me! Then come here. This fearful thing is pure That is between us. I want to be sure that nothing drowses it, Look at me! This torture and this rapture will endure.
Text Authorship:
- by Edna St. Vincent Millay (1892 - 1950), appears in Tristan, no. 1 [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 Sheila Silver (b. 1946), "Tristan", 2013, copyright © 2013, first performed 2013 [ soprano and piano ], from Beauty Intolerable, no. 9, Argenta Music
Publisher: Sheila Silver [external link] [sung text not yet checked]
Researcher for this page: Joost van der Linden [Guest Editor]
This text was added to the website: 2026-02-14
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Word count: 80