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by William Soutar (1898 - 1943)

In time of tumult
Language: English 
The thunder and the dark
Dwindle and disappear:
The free song of the lark
Tumbles in air.

The froth of the wave-drag
Falls back from the pool:
Sheer out of the crag
Lifts the white gull.

Heart! keep your silence still
Mocking the tyrant’s mock:
Thunder is on the hill:
Foam on the rock.

Confirmed with William Soutar, Poems in Scots and English, selected by W R Aitken, Scottish Academic Press, Edinburgh, 1972, page 30


Text Authorship:

  • by William Soutar (1898 - 1943), "In time of tumult", written 1938, appears in In the Time of Tyrants, first published 1939 [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 George Scott (1880 - 1958), "In time of tumult", published 1946 [ baritone and piano ], from Seven songs, no. 4, Bayley & Ferguson [sung text not yet checked]

Researcher for this page: Iain Sneddon [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website: 2018-11-27
Line count: 12
Word count: 54

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