Great things are done when men and mountains meet; This is not done by jostling in the street.
Seven Gnomic Verses
Song Cycle by Peter Tahourdin (1928 - 2009)
1. Great things are done when men and mountains meet [sung text not yet checked]
Language: English
Text Authorship:
- by William Blake (1757 - 1827), no title, appears in Notebook, in Gnomic Verses, no. 1
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Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]2. These souls of men are bought and sold [sung text not yet checked]
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[There]1 souls of men are bought and sold, And milk-fed Infancy for gold; And Youth to slaughter-houses led, And Beauty, for a bit of bread.
Text Authorship:
- by William Blake (1757 - 1827), no title, appears in Notebook, in Gnomic Verses, no. 8
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View original text (without footnotes)1 Tahourdin: "These"; further changes may exist not noted above.
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3. Terror in the house does roar [sung text not yet checked]
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Terror in the house does roar; But Pity stands before the door.
Text Authorship:
- by William Blake (1757 - 1827), no title, appears in Notebook, in Gnomic Verses, no. 16
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Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]4. The look of love alarms, because it's filled with fire [sung text not yet checked]
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The look of love alarms, Because it's fill'd with fire; But the look of soft deceit Shall win the lover's hire.
Text Authorship:
- by William Blake (1757 - 1827), written 1793, appears in Notebook, in Gnomic Verses, in 17. Several Questions Answered, no. 2
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Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]5. Self deceit and idleness, these are Beauty's sweetest dress [sung text checked 1 time]
Language: English
[Soft]1 deceit and idleness, These are Beauty's sweetest dress.
Text Authorship:
- by William Blake (1757 - 1827), no title, appears in Notebook, in Gnomic Verses, in 17. Several Questions Answered, no. 3
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View original text (without footnotes)1 Tahourdin: "Self"
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6. Grown old in love from seven till seven times seven [sung text not yet checked]
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Grown old in love from seven till seven times seven, I oft have wish'd for Hell, for ease from Heaven.
Text Authorship:
- by William Blake (1757 - 1827), no title, appears in Notebook, in Gnomic Verses, no. 22
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Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]7. Do what you will this life's a fiction [sung text not yet checked]
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Do what you will this life's a fiction, And is made up of contradiction.
Text Authorship:
- by William Blake (1757 - 1827), appears in Notebook, in Gnomic Verses, no. 23
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Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]Total word count: 119