Song Cycle by William Baines (1899-1922)

1. Fountains

Authorship

by James Elroy Flecker (1884-1915)

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2. Fern song

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by John Banister Tabb (1845-1909)

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3. By the sea

Authorship

by Christina Georgina Rossetti (1830-1894)

Why does the sea moan evermore?
Shut out from heaven it makes its moan,
It frets against the boundary shore;
All earth's full rivers cannot fill
The sea, that drinking thirsteth still.

Sheer miracles of loveliness
Lie hid in its unlooked-on bed:
Anemones, salt, passionless,
Blow flower-like; just enough alive
To blow and multiply and thrive.

Shells quaint with curve, or spot, or spike,
Encrusted live things argus-eyed,
All fair alike, yet all unlike,
Are born without a pang, and die
Without a pang, and so pass by.

4. A lyric (The vigil)

Authorship

by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist

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

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5. Morning

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by Rabindranath Tagore (1861-1941)

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