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[It chanced the song that Enid sang was one Of Fortune and her wheel, and Enid sang:]1 'Turn, Fortune, turn thy wheel and lower the proud; Turn thy wild wheel through sunshine, storm, and cloud; Thy wheel and thee we neither love nor hate. 'Turn, Fortune, turn thy wheel with smile or frown; With that wild wheel we go not up or down; Our hoard is little, but our hearts are great. 'Smile and we smile, the lords of many lands; Frown and we smile, the lords of our own hands; For man is man and master of his fate. 'Turn, turn thy wheel above the staring crowd; Thy wheel and thou are shadows in the cloud; Thy wheel and thee we neither love nor hate.'
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Authorship:
- by Alfred Tennyson, Lord (1809 - 1892), no title, appears in Enid and Nimuë: The True and the False [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 Michael William Balfe (1808 - 1870), "Fortune and her wheel", published [BL 1865] [ voice and piano ], London : Boosey & Hawkes [sung text not yet checked]
- by John G. Barnett (1802 - 1890), "The Song of Fortune", published [BL 1859] [ voice and piano ], London: Leader & Cock [sung text not yet checked]
- by John Blockley (1800 - 1882), "Fortune and her wheel", <<1892 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by William Richardson Dempster (1809 - 1871), "Turn, fortune, turn", published [BL 1864] [ voice and piano ], London : the composer [sung text not yet checked]
- by Ellen Dickson (1819 - 1878), as Dolores, "Turn, fortune, turn", published [1861] [ voice and piano ], London: Jefferys [sung text not yet checked]
- by Sidney Homer (1864 - 1953), "Enid's song", published 1901 [ voice and piano ], from Eight Poems by Tennyson, NY : G. Schirmer [sung text not yet checked]
- by Arwel Hughes (1909 - 1988), "Song of Enid", <<1972 [ SSA chorus and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by John Pike Hullah (1812 - 1884), "Fortune and her wheel", published [BL 1860] [ voice and piano ], London : Addison, Hollier & Lucas [sung text not yet checked]
- by Edward Lear (1812 - 1888), "Turn, fortune, turn", published c1860? [ voice and piano ], London : Cramer, Beale & Chappell [sung text not yet checked]
- by George Alexander MacFarren (1813 - 1887), "Fortune and her wheel", <<1892 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Alexander Campbell MacKenzie, Sir (1847 - 1935), "Turn, fortune, turn", published [BL 1873] [ voice and piano ], London : Chappell & Co. [sung text not yet checked]
- by William Henry Montgomery (1811? - 1886), "Turn fortune, turn thy wheel", <<1969 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- possibly by William Henry Richmond (flourished 1870), "Enid", published [BL 1871] [ voice and piano ], London: Weippert ; composer given as W. Richmond [sung text not yet checked]
- by Alexander Campbell Rowland (1826 - 1896), "Turn, fortune, turn", published [BL 1861] [ voice and piano ], London : Addison, Hollier & Lucas [sung text not yet checked]
- by Edward Silas (1827 - 1909), "Enid's Song", published 1880 [ voice and piano ], London : C. Kegan Paul ; in Songs from the published writings of Alfred Tennyson [sung text not yet checked]
- by Elises Smith , "Enid", published [BL 1864] [ voice and piano ], London : Davison [sung text not yet checked]
- by Albert Orlando Steed (1839 - ?), "Turn, fortune, turn", published 1861 [ voice and piano ], from Four songs, London : Jewell [sung text not yet checked]
- by Christopher Urswick , "The wheel of fortune", published 1902 [ alto or baritone and piano ], from Two Songs, London: Novello [sung text not yet checked]
- by Charles Wood (1866 - 1926), "Fortune and her wheel", c1886, published 1927 [ high voice and piano ], from Five Songs for High Voice, no. 3, London : Boosey & Hawkes [sung text not yet checked]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- DUT Dutch (Nederlands) (Geart van der Meer) , copyright © 2013, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRI Frisian (Geart van der Meer) , copyright © 2013, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website: 2010-04-21
Line count: 14
Word count: 126
[ ] 'Fortuin, draai 't rad, dat elk die trots is zinkt, Draai door bij storm of als het zonlicht blinkt, Wij minnen niet noch haten wij jouw rad. Fortuin, draai 't rad, en of jij lacht of dreigt, Ons deert dat niet, of jij nu daalt of stijgt, Groot is ons hart, hoe klein ook onze schat. Lach, en wij lachen, rijk aan vruchtbaar land, Frons, en wij lachen, rijk door eigen hand, De mens volgt immer toch zijn eigen pad. Fortuin, draai 't rad voor 't starende gespuis, Jij schenkt ons met jouw rad geen blijvend huis, Wij minnen niet, noch haten jou, o rad.'
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Based on:
- a text in English by Alfred Tennyson, Lord (1809 - 1892), no title, appears in Enid and Nimuë: The True and the False
This text was added to the website: 2013-04-23
Line count: 14
Word count: 107