by Walter Savage Landor (1775 - 1864)
I strove with none, for none was worth...
Language: English
I strove with none, for none was worth my strife: Nature I loved, and, next to Nature, Art: I warm'd both hands before the fire of Life; It sinks; and I am ready to depart.
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First published in the Examiner, February 1849.Text Authorship:
- by Walter Savage Landor (1775 - 1864), "Dying Speech of an Old Philosopher" [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 George R. Dyer, jr. , "I strove with none", published <<1940 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Pietro Floridia-Napolino (1860 - 1932), "Finis", op. 19 no. 3 [ medium voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Scott Huston (b. 1916), "Impressions from Life", 1976 [ choral ensemble and instrumental ensemble ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Ben Johnston (b. 1926), "Dying Speech of an Old Philosopher", 1975 [ soprano, tape, light show, slide show, strings, percussion, scalatron organ ], from In Memory Harry Partch (1975) [sung text not yet checked]
- by Daan Manneke (b. 1939), "L'envoi", published 1974 [ low voice, harpsichord or organ or piano ], from Five songs on English poems, no. 1 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Daniel Gregory Mason (1873 - 1953), "I strove with none", published 1947 [ vocal quartet of equal voices a cappella ], in Modern Canons [sung text not yet checked]
- by Ned Rorem (1923 - 2022), "On his seventy-fifth birthday", 2002 [ medium voice, violin, cello, and piano ], from Aftermath, no. 6, Boosey & Hawkes [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Margaret Ada Sutherland (1897 - 1984), "I strove with none", published 1973 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
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This text was added to the website: 2008-07-26
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Word count: 35