by Walter De la Mare (1873 - 1956)
The Unchanging
Language: English
After the songless rose of evening, Night quiet, dark, still, In nodding cavalcade advancing Starred the deep hill: You, in the valley standing, In your quiet wonder took All that glamour, peace, and mystery In one grave look. Beauty hid your naked body, Time dreamed in your bright hair, In your eyes the constellations Burned far and fair.
Text Authorship:
- by Walter De la Mare (1873 - 1956), "The Unchanging", appears in Motley and Other Poems, 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 Owen Mase (1892 - 1973), "The Unchanging", published 1926 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by John Theodore Livingston Raynor (1909 - 1970), "The Unchanging", op. 42 (1944) [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
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Word count: 58