Dirge in woods (Meredith, set by C. Parry, A. Copland, I. Boyle, J. Duarte, G. Heussenstamm, R. Jones, M. Roberts, D. Vaughan Thomas, E. Walker) (The Lied and Art Song Texts Page: Texts and Translations to Lieder, mélodies, canzoni, and other classical vocal music)


A wind sways the pines,
   And below
Not a breath of wild air;
Still as the mosses that glow
On the flooring and over the lines
Of the roots here and there.
The pine-tree drops its dead;
They are quiet, as under the sea.
Overhead, overhead
Rushes life in a race,
As the clouds the clouds chase;
   And we go,
And we drop like the fruits of the tree,
   Even we,
   Even so.

First published in Fortnightly Review, August 1870

Input by Ted Perry

Authorship

George Meredith (1828-1909)

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

Ina Boyle (1889-1967)

Aaron Copland (1900-1990)

John William Duarte (1919-)

Five Quiet Songs

George Heussenstamm (1926-)

Robert William Jones (1932-)

Sir Charles Hubert Hastings Parry (1848-1918)

English Lyrics

(William Herbert) Mervyn Roberts (1906-1990)

David Vaughan Thomas (1873-1934)

Ernest Walker (1870-1949)

Set in German, a translation of Anonymous/Unidentified Artist [text unavailable]

Lise Maria Mayer (1894-1968)

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