by Fredegond Cecily Shove (1899 - 1949)
Motion and Stillness
Language: English
The sea shells lie as cold as death Under the sea, The clouds move in a wasted wreath Eternally; The cows sleep on the tranquil slopes Above the bay; The ships like evanescent hopes Vanish away.
Authorship:
- by Fredegond Cecily Shove (1899 - 1949) [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 Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872 - 1958), "Motion and Stillness", c1922, published 1925, from Four Poems by Fredegond Shove, no. 1 [sung text not yet checked]
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website: 2006-12-09
Line count: 8
Word count: 36