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by John Bunyan (1628 - 1688)

Who would true valour see
Language: English 
Who would true valour see,
Let him come hither;
One here will constant be
Come wind, come weather.

There's no discouragement
Shall make him once relent
His first avowed intent
To be a Pilgrim.

Who so beset him round
With dismal stories,
Do but themselves confound,
His strength the more is.

No lion can him fright,
He'll with a giant fight,
But he will have a right
To be a Pilgrim.

Hobgoblin, nor foul fiend
Can daunt his spirit;
He knows he at the end
Shall life inherit.

Then fancies fly away,
He'll fear not what men say,
He'll labour night and day
To be a pilgrim.

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Text Authorship:

  • by John Bunyan (1628 - 1688) [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 George Dyson (1883 - 1964), "Valour" [ baritone and orchestra ] [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by John Linton Gardner (1917 - 2011), "Who would true valour see ", op. 101 no. 2 [ men's chorus a cappella ], from Four Hymn Tunes for Male Voices, no. 2 [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872 - 1958), "The Song of the Pilgrims", from Pilgrim's Progress, no. 2 [sung text checked 1 time]

Researcher for this page: Barbara Miller

This text was added to the website: 2005-09-02
Line count: 24
Word count: 107

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