Some say the world will end in fire, Some say in ice. From what I've tasted of desire I hold with those who favor fire. But if it had to perish twice, I think I know enough of hate To know that for destruction ice Is also great And would suffice.
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First published in Harper's Magazine, 1920Text Authorship:
- by Robert Frost (1874 - 1963), "Fire and ice", appears in New Hampshire, first published 1923 [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 William Thayer Ames (1901 - 1987), "Fire and ice", published 1944 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Ernst Bacon (1898 - 1990), "Fire and ice" [ bass and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Henry Dixon Cowell (1897 - 1965), "Fire and ice", published 1944 [ men's chorus and band ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Andrew Hudson , "Fire and ice" [sung text not yet checked]
- by Edvard Moritz (1891 - 1974), "Fire and ice", published 1939 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Clifford Taylor (b. 1923), "Fire and ice", op. 4 no. 5, published 1954, from Five Songs on English Texts, no. 5 [sung text not yet checked]
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