Magna est veritas (Patmore, set by J. Ashton, J. Edmunds) (The Lied and Art Song Texts Page: Texts and Translations to Lieder, mélodies, canzoni, and other classical vocal music)


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.

Authorship

Coventry Kersey Dighton Patmore (1823-1896)

The Unknown Eros and other Odes I-XXI

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

John H. Ashton (1938-)

Songs from "The Unknown Eros"

John Edmunds (1913-1986)

Hesperides

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