by Alfred Edward Housman (1859 - 1936)
Good‑night; ensured release
Language: English
Good-night; ensured release, Imperishable peace, Have these for yours, While sea abides, and land, And earth's foundations stand, And heaven endures. When earth's foundations flee, Nor sky nor land nor sea At all is found, Content you, let them burn: It is not your concern; Sleep on, sleep sound.
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First published in Waifs and Strays, March 1881, revised 1936Authorship:
- by Alfred Edward Housman (1859 - 1936), "Parta quies", appears in More Poems, no. 48, first published 1936 [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 Edward Toner Cone (b. 1917), "Parta Quies" [soprano and piano] [text not verified]
- by John Edmunds (1913 - 1986), "Have these for yours", published 1957. [voice and piano] [text not verified]
- by Martin Kalamanoff (b. 1920), "Alta Quies", 1949. [voice and piano] [text not verified]
- by John Ramsden Williamson (1929 - 2015), "Parta quies - Good-night; ensured release", published 2004 [baritone and piano], from Three More Housman Songs, no. 2, Da Capo Music Ltd. [text verified 1 time]
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This text was added to the website: 2008-08-19
Line count: 12
Word count: 49