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by Rupert Brooke (1887 - 1915)

Safety
Language: English 
Dear! of all happy in the hour, most blest
  He who has found our hid security,
Assured in the dark tides of the world that rest,
  And heard our word, 'Who is so safe as we?'
We have found safety with all things undying,
  The winds, and morning, tears of men and mirth,
The deep night, and birds singing, and clouds flying,
  And sleep, and freedom, and the autumnal earth.
We have built a house that is not for Time's throwing.
  We have gained a peace unshaken by pain for ever.
War knows no power. Safe shall be my going,
  Secretly armed against all death's endeavour;
Safe though all safety's lost; safe where men fall;
And if these poor limbs die, safest of all.

First published in New Numbers, December 1914

Text Authorship:

  • by Rupert Brooke (1887 - 1915), "Safety", appears in 1914, no. 2 [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 Alfred Redgrave Cripps (1882 - 1950), "Safety", published c1939 [voice and piano], from Two Sonnets [
     text not verified 
    ]
  • by Alan Gray (1855 - 1935), "Safety", published <<1967 [SATB chorus and organ], from 1914, no. 2. [
     text not verified 
    ]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2008-07-12
Line count: 14
Word count: 124

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