by William Butler Yeats (1865 - 1939)
O but there is wisdom
Language: English
O but there is wisdom In what the sages said; But stretch that body for a while And lay down that head Till I have told the sages Where man is comforted. How could passion run so deep Had I never thought That the crime of being born Blackens all our lot? But where the crime's committed The crime can be forgot.
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Text Authorship:
- by William Butler Yeats (1865 - 1939), "Consolation", appears in The Winding Stair, in A Woman Young and Old, first published 1929 [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 Kees Schoonenbeek , "Consolation", 1991, from Eight English poems, no. 1. [text not verified]
- by James Walter Wilson (b. 1922), "O but there is wisdom", 1966 [soprano and Irish harp or piano or orchestra], from A Woman Young and Old [text not verified]
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This text was added to the website: 2009-01-03
Line count: 12
Word count: 63