by Henry Charles Bukowski (1920 - 1994)
Victory
Language: English
what bargains we have made we have kept and as the dogs of the hours close in nothing can be taken from us but our lives.
In: Charles Bukowski, The Last Night of the Earth Poems, Black Sparrow Press, 1992, p.163
Text Authorship:
- by Henry Charles Bukowski (1920 - 1994), "victory", appears in The Last Night of the Earth Poems, first published 1992 [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 Emily Shisko , "Victory" [ soprano and piano ], from He doesn't sing, no. 1 [sung text not yet checked]
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