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by Joseph Campbell (1881 - 1944)

As a white candle
Language: English 
As a white candle
In a holy place,
So is the beauty
Of an agéd face.

As the spent radiance
Of the winter sun,
So is a woman
With her travail done.

Her brood gone from her,
And her thoughts as still
As the waters
Under a ruined mill.

About the headline (FAQ)

Confirmed with Joseph Campbell, Irishry, Dublin, Maunsel & Company, 1913, page 79.


Text Authorship:

  • by Joseph Campbell (1881 - 1944), "The old woman", appears in Irishry, Dublin, Maunsel & Company, 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 (James) Shaun Hamilton Dillon (1944 - 2018), "The old woman", first performed 1974 [ soprano, flute, guitar, and piano ], from cantata Cantata in Memoriam [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Paul N. Edmonds (b. 1873), "The old woman", published c1922 [ voice and piano ], note: may be incorrect text for this title [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Fritz Bennicke Hart (1874 - 1949), "The old woman", op. 120 (Five songs) no. 1 (1938) [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Herbert Haufrecht (1909 - 1998), "The old woman" [ medium voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Elaine Hugh-Jones (b. 1927), "The old woman" [ voice and piano ], from Two Celtic Songs - Poems by Joseph Campbell, no. 1 [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Dorothy Parke , "As a white candle", 1966 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Hugh Stevenson Roberton, Sir (1874 - 1952), "The old woman", published 1927 [ TTBB chorus a cappella ] [sung text not yet checked]

Research team for this page: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Poom Andrew Pipatjarasgit [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website: 2018-08-10
Line count: 12
Word count: 49

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