Dear delight (Mare, set by M. Head) (The Lied and Art Song Texts Page: Texts and Translations to Lieder, mélodies, canzoni, and other classical vocal music)


Youngling fair, and dear delight,
'Tis love hath thee in keeping.
Green are the hills in morning light
A long adieu to weeping.

The elfin folk sing shrill-a-ring,
The children afield are straying;
Dance, too, dance, thou tiny lovely thing,
For all the world's a-maying.

Droop will the shadows of the night,
Quiet be thy sleeping.
Thou youngling fair, and dear delight,
'Tis love hath thee in keeping.

Authorship

Walter de la Mare (1873-1956)

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

Michael Head (1900-1976)

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