by Louis MacNeice (1907 - 1963)
The world is mad
Language: English
Roland (with quiet conviction) The world is mad. Sylvie Not all of it, my love. Those who have power Are mad enough but there are people, Roland, Who keep themselves to themselves or rather to each other, Living a sane and gentle life in a forest nook or hill pocket,. Perpetuating their kind and their kindness, keeping Their hands clean and their eyes keen, at one with Themselves, each other and nature [...] I had thought that you and I, that you and I perhaps
Text Authorship:
- by Louis MacNeice (1907 - 1963), appears in The Dark Tower [author's text not yet checked 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 Michael (Dewar) Head (1900 - 1976), "The world is mad", published 1977 [ voice, clarinet, and piano ]
Score: https://www.scribd.com/document/407485236/Head-The-World-is-Mad-voice-clarinet-and-piano [external link]  [sung text checked 1 time]
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