by Alfred Edward Housman (1859 - 1936)
Stone, steel, dominions pass
Language: English
Stone, steel, dominions pass, Faith, too, no wonder; So leave alone the grass That I am under. All knots that lovers tie Are tied to sever; Here shall your sweetheart lie, Untrue for ever.
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Text Authorship:
- by Alfred Edward Housman (1859 - 1936), no title, appears in More Poems, no. 24, 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 Jan Meyerowitz (1913 - 1998), "Stone, steel, dominions pass", published 1957 [TTBB chorus and horn], from Two Choruses [text not verified]
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This text was added to the website: 2008-08-19
Line count: 8
Word count: 34