by Rudyard Kipling (1865 - 1936)
What of the hunting, hunter bold?
Language: English
What of the hunting, hunter bold? Brother, the watch was long and cold. What of the quarry ye went to kill? Brother, he crops in the Jungle still. Where is the power that made your pride? Brother, it ebbs from my flank and side. Where is the haste that ye hurry by? Brother, I go to my lair - to die!
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Text Authorship:
- by Rudyard Kipling (1865 - 1936), no title, appears in The Jungle Book, first published 1894 [author's text not yet checked 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 Dora Estella Bright (1863 - 1951), "Tiger, Tiger", published 1903 [ voice and piano ], from SIx Songs from "The Jungle Book" [sung text not yet checked]
- by Percy Aldridge Grainger (1882 - 1961), "Tiger! Tiger!", op. 15079 no. 4 (1905), published 1912 [ tenor ad libitum and men's chorus a cappella ], from The Jungle Book, no. 9 [sung text checked 1 time]
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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
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Word count: 61