The old stone house
Language:
English
Nothing on the grey roof, nothing on the brown,
Only a little greening where the rain drips down;
Nobody at the window, nobody at the door,
Only a little hollow which a foot once wore;
But still I tread on tiptoe, still tiptoe on I go,
Past nettles, porch, and weedy well, for oh, I know
A friendless face is peering, and a still clear eye
Peeps closely through the casement
as my step goes by.
Authorship
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text),
listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive)
 by Herbert Norman Howells (1892-1983)
, "The old stone house", from A Garland for de la Mare, no. 4.
by Anthony Francis Dominic Milner (1925-)
, "The old stone house", published 1959 [SSA chorus a cappella], from Peacock Pie, no. ?
by Sir Hugh Stevenson Roberton (1874-1952)
, "The old stone house", published 1943 [SSA chorus a cappella], from Peacock Pie, no. ?
Text added to the website: 2008-01-13.
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