by John Masefield (1878 - 1967)
I will go look for Death, for Death is...
Language: English
I will go look for Death, for Death is everywhere, Putting his hands on friends and dulling women's hair. Death took away my friend; and I have prayed for years, But Death has paid no heed. Death does not yield to tears.
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Text Authorship:
- by John Masefield (1878 - 1967), no title, written 1915, appears in The Faithful: A Tragedy in Three Acts [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 Ralph Greaves (1889 - 1966), "I will go look for death", published 1925 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Zoltán Kodály (1882 - 1967), "I will go look for death", published 1959 [ SATB chorus a cappella ], also set in Hungarian (Magyar) [sung text not yet checked]
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- Also set in Hungarian (Magyar), a translation by Melinda Kistétényi ; composed by Zoltán Kodály.
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