Dying Speech of an Old Philosopher

I strove with none, for none was worth my strife:
Nature I loved, and, next to Nature, Art:
I warm'd both hands before the fire of Life;
It sinks; and I am ready to depart.

by Walter Savage Landor (1775-1864) , "Dying Speech of an Old Philosopher"

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive)

by George R. Dyer, jr. , "I strove with none", published <<1940. [voice and piano]
by Pietro Floridia-Napolino (1860-1932) , "Finis", op. 19 no. 3. [medium voice and piano]
by Scott Huston (1916-) , "Impressions from Life", 1976. [choral ensemble and instruments]
by Ben Johnston (1926-) , "Dying Speech of an Old Philosopher", 1975 [soprano, tape, light show, slide show, strings, percussion, scalatron organ], from In Memory Harry Partch (1975)
by Daan Manneke (1939-) , "L'envoi", published 1974 [low voice, harpsichord or organ or piano], from Five songs on English poems, no. 1.
by Daniel Gregory Mason (1873-1953) , "I strove with none", published 1947 [four equal voices a cappella], from Modern Canons
by Margaret Ada Sutherland (1897-1984) , "I strove with none", published 1973. [voice and piano]

Date added to the website: 2008-07-26.

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