© by T. S. (Thomas Stearns) Eliot (1888 - 1965)
Where is there an end of it, the...
Language: English
Where is there an end of it, the soundless wailing [ ... ]
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- by T. S. (Thomas Stearns) Eliot (1888 - 1965), no title, appears in Four Quartets, in 3. The Dry Salvages, no. 2, copyright © [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 John Mitchell (b. 1941), "Where is there an end of it?", op. 109 no. 4 (2001) [baritone and piano], from Cantata: Four Passages (Excerpts from Four Quartets by T.S. Eliot), no. 4. [text not verified]
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