by William Sharp (1855 - 1905), as Fiona Macleod
The White Peace
Language: English
It lies not on the sunlit hill
Nor on the sunlit plain :
Nor ever on any running stream
Nor on the unclouded main --
But sometimes, through the Soul of Man,
Slow moving o'er his pain,
The moonlight of a perfect peace
Floods heart and brain.
Text Authorship:
- by William Sharp (1855 - 1905), as Fiona Macleod, "The White Peace", appears in From the Hills of Dream, first published 1896 [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 Arnold Edward Trevor Bax, Sir (1883 - 1953), "The White Peace", 1907, published 1919 [ voice and piano ], from Album of Seven Songs [or Seven Selected Songs], no. 1 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Fritz Bennicke Hart (1874 - 1949), "The White Peace", op. 73 (Six Sets of Five Songs Each for Voice and Pianoforte, Set II) no. 4 (1927) [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by John Theodore Livingston Raynor (1909 - 1970), "The White Peace", op. 22 (1943) [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
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This text was added to the website: 2007-05-23
Line count: 8
Word count: 45