Nunc Dimittis - Literary Settings

Literary Settings

  • T. H. White novel The Once and Future King – recitation by Merlyn
  • T. S. Eliot poem A Song for Simeon
  • Ezra Pound poem "Cantico del Sole"
  • Karel Capek play R.U.R.
  • Walter Miller, A Canticle for Leibowitz
  • John le Carre novel A Murder of Quality
  • John le Carre novel Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy – closing theme of TV adaptation
  • John le Carre novel The Constant Gardener – sang at the funeral of Tessa Quayle
  • H. W. Brands novel The Strange Death of American Liberalism

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