by William Sharp (1855 - 1905)
Empire (Persepolis)
Language: English
The yellow waste of yellow sands,
The bronze haze of a scorching sky!
Lo, what are these that broken lie;
Were these once temples made with hands
Once towers and palaces that knew
No hint of that which one day threw
Their greatness to the winds---made this
The memory of Persepolis?
Text Authorship:
- by William Sharp (1855 - 1905), "Empire (Persepolis)", appears in Poems, first published 1912 [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 Fritz Bennicke Hart (1874 - 1949), "Empire (Persepolis)", op. 68 (Twenty-Five Songs in Five Sets of Five Each: Set II) no. 3 (1926) [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
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This text was added to the website: 2008-08-18
Line count: 8
Word count: 51