Elizabeth's Song (Abercrombie, set by M. Head) (The Lied and Art Song Texts Page: Texts and Translations to Lieder, mélodies, canzoni, and other classical vocal music)


Shining  white clouds in the cherry trees tangled, 
And over the orchard snowing ;
Silver wild cherries on the hill-side spangled,
And bright among bronze oaks blowing :
So white, so bright, so fragrantly
Heart's delight blossoms in me.
 
Swallows come back to their endless careering
In love and in finest feather ;
Swerving down, close to the cowslips nearing,
Then high in the golden weather :
In air so bright, with such a flight,                      
Dances on wings my heart's delight.

Input by Ferdinando Albeggiani

Authorship

Lascelles Abercrombie (1881-1938)

Twelve Idylls and Other Poems

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)

Date added to the website: 2009-05-25.

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