by William Butler Yeats (1865 - 1939)
Where has Maid Quiet gone to
Language: English
Where has Maid Quiet gone to, Nodding her russet hood? The winds that awakened the stars Are blowing through my blood. O how could I be so calm When she rose up to depart? Now words that called up the lightning Are hurtling through my heart.
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Text Authorship:
- by William Butler Yeats (1865 - 1939), "Maid Quiet", appears in Poems Lyrical and Narrative, first published 1908 [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 Ivor (Bertie) Gurney (1890 - 1937), "Maid Quiet", c1922 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Elizabeth Poston (1905 - 1987), "Maid Quiet" [sung text not yet checked]
- by Vittorio Rieti (1898 - 1994), "Maid Quiet (A Madrigal)", published 1964 [ mezzo-soprano and piano ], from Two Songs Between Two Waltzes, no. 3 [sung text not yet checked]
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This text was added to the website: 2005-08-06
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