Song Cycle by John Edmunds (1913-1986)

?. Mother, I cannot mind my wheel

Authorship

by Walter Savage Landor (1775-1864) , no title, from Simonidea, published 1860

a text in Greek by Sappho (fl. c610-c580 BCE) [text unavailable]

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Mother, I cannot mind my wheel;
My fingers ache, my lips are dry:
O, if you feel the pain I feel!
But O, who ever felt as I?

No longer could I doubt him true -
All other men may use deceit;
He always said my eyes were blue,
And often swore my lips were sweet.

?. Magna est veritas

Authorship

by Coventry Kersey Dighton Patmore (1823-1896) , "Magna est veritas", from The Unknown Eros and other Odes I-XXI, published 1877

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Here, in this little Bay,
Full of tumultuous life and great repose,
Where, twice a day,
The purposeless, glad ocean comes and goes,
Under high cliffs, and far from the huge town,
I sit me down.
For want of me the world's course will not fail:
When all its work is done, the lie shall rot;
The truth is great, and shall prevail,
When none cares whether it prevail or not.

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