There is no spark of reason in the world
And all is raked in ashy heaps of beastliness.

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Text Authorship:

• by John Marston (1575? - 1634), appears in The Malcontent [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]

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• by Ned Rorem (b. 1923), "The tigers of wrath", 2001-2 [medium voice, violin, cello, and piano], from Aftermath, no. 2, Boosey & Hawkes.
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This text was added to the website: 2013-09-11
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Word count: 18