by Wilfrid Wilson Gibson (1878 - 1962)
The quiet
Language: English
I could not understand the sudden quiet
The sudden darkness in the crash of fight,
The din and glare of day quenched in a twinkling
In utter starless night.
I lay an age and idly gazed at nothing,
Half-puzzled that I could not lift my head ;
And then I knew somehow that I was lying
Among the other dead.
Text Authorship:
- by Wilfrid Wilson Gibson (1878 - 1962), "The quiet", appears in Battle, first published 1916 [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 Philip Napier Miles (1865 - 1935), "The quiet" [voice and piano], from Battle Songs [text not verified]
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This text was added to the website: 2009-01-30
Line count: 8
Word count: 59