by Joseph Campbell (1881 - 1944)
The journeyman weaver
Language: English
Beam and shuttle seem to know His inner thoughts, and softly llow Backward, forward, to and fro. Weft thread fast and warp thread slow, White thread joy and black thread woe, Backward, forward, to and fro. Things and shadows darker grow; Daylight flickers to and fro. Backward, forward, to and fro. Outside the horns of winter blow, Journeyman, 'tis time to go I Backward, forward, to and fro. Death .... his hand is cold as snow Quench the ashes, keen him low, Backward, forward, to and fro.
Authorship:
- by Joseph Campbell (1881 - 1944), "The journeyman weaver", appears in Irishry, first published 1913 [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 George Norman Peterkin (1886 - 1982), "The journeyman weaver", published <<1940. [voice and piano] [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
Researcher for this text: Ferdinando Albeggiani
This text was added to the website: 2009-02-03
Line count: 15
Word count: 87