by Wallace Stevens (1879 - 1955)
The place of the solitaires
Language: English
Let the place of the solitaires Be a place of perpetual undulation. Whether it be in mid-sea On the dark, green water-wheel, Or on the beaches, There must be no cessation Of motion, or of the noise of motion, The renewal of noise And manifold continuation; And, most, of the motion of thought And its restless iteration, In the place of the solitaires, Which is to be a place of perpetual undulation.
Text Authorship:
- by Wallace Stevens (1879 - 1955), "The Place of the Solitaires", appears in Harmonium, first published 1919 [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 Justin Riveagh Connolly (b. 1933), "The place of the solitaires", op. 14 no. 2, published 1967 [ soprano, flute (piccolo), clarinet (bass clarinet), trumpet, viola, vibraphone, celesta, and harp ], from Poems of Wallace Stevens II, no. 2, Borough Green, Kent, England : Novello [sung text not yet checked]
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This text was added to the website: 2026-07-08
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