Aedh laments the Loss of Love

Pale brows, still hands and dim hair, 
I had a beautiful friend 
And dreamed that the old despair 
Would end in love in the end: 
She looked in my heart one day 
And saw your image was there; 
She has gone weeping away.

by William Butler Yeats (1865-1939) , "Aedh laments the Loss of Love", from The Wind among the reeds, published 1899

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

by Peter Warlock (1894-1930) [pseudonym] , "The lover mourns for the loss of love", published 1924 [tenor solo, flute, English horn and string quartet], from The Curlew, no. 2.
by Peter Warlock (1894-1930) [pseudonym] , "The lover mourns for the loss of love", 1916, published 1982, rev. 1920. [high voice and piano]
by Raymond Warren (1928-) , "Elegy", published 1964. [SATB a cappella]
by Raymond Warren (1928-) , "Elegy", 1959 [cantata for SSATB a cappella], from Irish Madrigals, no. ?

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