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by William Butler Yeats (1865 - 1939)

All the heavy days are over
Language: English 
All the heavy days are over;
Leave the body's coloured pride
Underneath the grass and clover,
With the feet laid side by side.
 
One with her are mirth and duty;
Bear the gold-embroidered dress,
For she needs not her sad beauty,
To the scented oaken press.
 
Hers the kiss of Mother Mary,
The long hair is on her face;
Still she goes with footsteps wary
Full of earth's old timid grace.
 
With white feet of angels seven
Her white feet go glimmering;
And above the deep of heaven,
Flame on flame, and wing on wing.

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•   J. Edmunds 

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Text Authorship:

  • by William Butler Yeats (1865 - 1939), no title, appears in The Countess Kathleen and Various Legends and Lyrics, first published 1892 [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 John Edmunds (1913 - 1986), "The Countess Cathleen" [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by (James) Albert Mallinson (1870 - 1946), "Dream of a blessed spirit", published 1907 [ soprano or tenor ] [sung text not yet checked]
  • by John Kenneth Tavener (1944 - 2013), "The Countess Cathleen in Paradise" [ soprano, flute, harp, viola ], from To a child dancing in the wind, no. 10 [sung text not yet checked]

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This text was added to the website: 2008-09-18
Line count: 16
Word count: 100

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