by Walter James Redfern Turner (1889 - 1946)
Men fade like rocks
Language: English
Rock-like the souls of men Fade, fade in time. Falls on worn surfaces, Slow chime on chime, Sense, like a murmuring dew, Soft sculpturing rain, Or the wind that blows hollowing In every lane. Smooth as the stones that lie Dimmed, water-worn, Worn of the night and day, In sense forlorn, Rock-like the souls of men Fade, fade in time; Smoother than river-rain Falls chime on chime.
Text Authorship:
- by Walter James Redfern Turner (1889 - 1946), "Men fade like rocks", appears in In Times Like Glass, first published 1921 [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 Walter James Redfern Turner (1889 - 1946), "Men fade like rocks", published 1937 [ unaccompanied voice ], from Broadside, no. 6 [sung text checked 1 time]
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This text was added to the website: 2009-01-21
Line count: 16
Word count: 68