by Gerard Manley Hopkins (1844 - 1889)
When will you ever, Peace, wild...
Language: English
When will you ever, Peace, wild wooddove, shy wings shut,
Your round me roaming end, and under be my boughs?
When, when, Peace, will you, Peace? I'll not play hypocrite
To own my heart: I yield you do come sometimes; but
That piecemeal peace is poor peace. What pure peace allows
Alarms of wars, the daunting wars, the death of it?
O surely, reaving Peace, my Lord should leave in lieu
Some good! And so he does leave Patience exquisite,
That plumes to Peace thereafter. And when Peace here does house
He comes with work to do, he does not come to coo,
He comes to brood and sit.
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Text Authorship:
- by Gerard Manley Hopkins (1844 - 1889), "Peace", appears in Poems of Gerard Manley Hopkins, first published 1918 [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 David Gow (1924 - 1993), "Peace", published 1966 [ SATB chorus a cappella ], London: Elkin [sung text not yet checked]
- by Trevor Hold (1939 - 2004), "Peace", 1965-7 [ SATB chorus a cappella ], from Four Sonnets of Gerard Manley Hopkins [sung text not yet checked]
- by Ernst Křenek (1900 - 1991), "Peace", op. 112 no. 1 (1946-7), published 1970 [ high voice and piano ], from Four Songs, no. 1, Bärenreiter, BA 4125 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Elizabeth Maconchy (1907 - 1994), "Peace", 1964 [ soprano and chamber orchestra ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Diane Morgan , "Peace" [ baritone and piano ], from The Seeker [sung text not yet checked]
- by Louise Juliette Talma (1906 - 1996), "When will you ever, Peace, wild wooddove, shy wings shut", 1973 [ SATB chorus and strings ], from Voices of Peace [sung text not yet checked]
- by Grace Mary Williams (1906 - 1977), "Peace", 1958 [ alto and string sextet ], from Six Songs (Poems?) by Gerard Manley Hopkins [sung text not yet checked]
- by Russell Woollen (1923 - 1994), "Peace", op. 28 no. ?, published 1956 [ TTBB chorus and piano duet ], privately published [sung text not yet checked]
- by Russell Woollen (1923 - 1994), "Peace", 1959, copyright © 1959, first performed 1959 [ high voice and piano ], from Suite for High Voice, no. 3 [sung text not yet checked]
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This text was added to the website: 2010-02-01
Line count: 11
Word count: 109