by Humbert Wolfe (1885 - 1940)
Journey's end
Language: English
What will they give me, when journey's done? Your own room to be quiet in, Son! Who shares it with me? There is none Shares that cool dormitory, Son! Who turns the sheets? There is but one And no one needs to turn it, Son! Who lights the candle? Everyone Sleeps without candle all night, Son! Who calls me after sleeping? Son! You are not called when journey's done.
Text Authorship:
- by Humbert Wolfe (1885 - 1940), "Journey's end", appears in The Unknown Goddess, first published 1925 [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 Frank Bridge (1879 - 1941), "Journey's end", 1925, published 1926 [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Martin Broones (1900 - 1971), "Journey's end", <<1940 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Fritz Bennicke Hart (1874 - 1949), "Journey's end", op. 91 (Four Sets of Five songs, Set I) no. 5 (1930) [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Gustav Holst (1874 - 1934), "Journey's end", op. 48 no. 9, H. 174 no. 9 (1929), published 1930 [ voice and piano ], from Twelve Humbert Wolfe Songs, no. 9 [sung text checked 1 time]
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