by Walter De la Mare (1873 - 1956)
No voice to scold
Language: English
No Voice to scold; No face to frown; No hand to smite The helpless down: Ay, Stranger, here An Infant lies, With worms for Welcome Paradise.
Text Authorship:
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Theodore Ward Chanler (1902 - 1961), "No voice to scold", published 1939, from Eight Epitaphs, no. 6 [sung text not yet checked]
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This text was added to the website: 2015-10-08
Line count: 8
Word count: 26