© by Cecil Day Lewis (1904 - 1972)
Rest from loving and be living
Language: English
Rest from loving and be living
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This text may be copyright, so we will not display it until we obtain permission to do so or discover it is public-domain.Text Authorship:
- by Cecil Day Lewis (1904 - 1972), no title, appears in From Feathers to Iron, first published 1931, copyright ©
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by David Andross Farquhar (1928 - 2007), "Rest from loving and be living", 1951 [men's chorus and 2 percussionists], from Two Songs of C. Day Lewis
- by Bernard James Naylor (1907 - 1986), "Rest from loving and be living", published 1973 [high voice and piano], from Speaking from the Snow, no. 3.
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- by Nicola Lefanu (b. 1947), "Now to be with you, elate, unshared", published 1973 [women's chorus a cappella], note: first stanza of "Now to be..." and first and third stanzas of "Rest from living..."
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