by Ada Lovelace (1815 - 1852)
Something More Than Mortal
Language: English
I am working very hard. Like the devil, in fact. I think you will be pleased. Am I too imaginative for you? I think not. I do not think you possess half my forethoughts and powers of foreseeing. Though I see nothing but cloudy and vague uncertainty in the foreground of our being, yet I discern a very bright light a good way further on. Immutable truths, intrinsic beauty, symmetry and logical completeness. A new and powerful language. That brain of mine is something more than mortal, as time will show. The devil's in it if I've not sucked out some of the life-blood from the mysteries of the universe. Elaborate and scientific music.
including extracts from her letters to Charles Babbage
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Text Authorship:
- by Ada Lovelace (1815 - 1852) [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 Cheryl Frances-Hoad (b. 1980), "Something More Than Mortal" [ soprano ] [sung text not yet checked]
Researcher for this page: Joost van der Linden [Guest Editor]
This text was added to the website: 2025-09-13
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Word count: 114