by William Butler Yeats (1865 - 1939)
From the "Antigone"
Language: English
Overcome -- O bitter sweetness, Inhabitant of the soft cheek of a girl -- The rich man and his affairs, The fat flocks and the fields' fatness, Mariners, rough harvesters; Overcome Gods upon Parnassus; Overcome the Empyrean; hurl Heaven and Earth out of their places, That in the Same calamity Brother and brother, friend and friend, Family and family, City and city may contend, By that great glory driven wild. Pray I will and sing I must, And yet I weep -- Oedipus' child Descends into the loveless dust.
Text Authorship:
- by William Butler Yeats (1865 - 1939), "From the "Antigone"", appears in The Winding Stair, in A Woman Young and Old [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 Francis John Routh (b. 1927), "From the "Antigone"", 1962 [soprano and piano], from A Woman Young and Old [text not verified]
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This text was added to the website: 2009-01-19
Line count: 16
Word count: 86