by William Butler Yeats (1865 - 1939)
To Be Carved on a Stone at Thoor Ballylee
Language: English
I, the poet William Yeats, With old mill boards and sea-green slates, And smithy work from the Gort forge, Restored this tower for my wife George; And may these characters remain When all is ruin once again.
Authorship:
- by William Butler Yeats (1865 - 1939), "To Be Carved on a Stone at Thoor Ballylee" [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 Steven R. Gerber (b. 1948), "To Be Carved on a Stone at Thoor Ballylee", 1986 [high voice and piano], from Four Elegiac Songs, no. 2. [text verified 1 time]
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This text was added to the website: 2011-01-08
Line count: 6
Word count: 37