by Wilfrid Wilson Gibson (1878 - 1962)
We who are left, how shall we look again
Language: English
We who are left, how shall we look again Happily on the sun or feel the rain Without remembering how they who went Ungrudgingly and spent Their lives for us loved, too, the sun and rain? A bird among the rain-wet lilac sings -- But we, how shall we turn to little things And listen to the birds and winds and streams Made holy by their dreams, Nor feel the heart-break in the heart of things?
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Text Authorship:
- by Wilfrid Wilson Gibson (1878 - 1962), "Lament", appears in Whin, first published 1918 [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 Gerald Finzi (1901 - 1956), "Lament", 1924, first performed 1990 [ baritone, chorus, chamber orchestra ], from Requiem da Camera, no. 4 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Benjamin Frankel (1906 - 1973), "Lament", op. 15 [ tenor and women's chorus a cappella ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Philip Napier Miles (1865 - 1935), "Epilogue-Lament" [ voice and piano ], from Battle Songs [sung text not yet checked]
- by Barbara Pentland (b. 1912), "Lament", 1934 [ medium voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
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This text was added to the website: 2006-07-21
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