Autumn (Mare, set by B. Britten, M. Herbert, J. Langley, R. Milford, M. Gideon) (The Lied and Art Song Texts Page: Texts and Translations to Lieder, mélodies, canzoni, and other classical vocal music)


There is a wind where the rose was;
Cold rain where sweet grass was;
And clouds like sheep
Stream o'er the steep
Grey skies where the lark was. 

Nought gold where your hair was;
Nought warm where your hand was;
But phantom, forlorn,
Beneath the thorn,
Your ghost where your face was. 

Sad winds where your voice was;
Tears, tears where my heart was;
And ever with me,
Child, ever with me,
Silence where hope was.

Authorship

Walter de la Mare (1873-1956)

Poems

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

(Edward) Benjamin Britten (1913-1976)

Tit for tat

Miriam Gideon (1906-1996)

Wing'd Hour

Muriel E. Herbert

James W. Langley (1927-)

Robin Humphrey Milford (1903-1959)

Days and Moments

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