Song of songs

Sing me at morn but only with your laugh;
Even as Spring that laugheth into leaf;
Even as Love that laugheth after Life.

Sing me but only with your speech all day,
As voluble leaflets do; let viols die;
The least word of your lips is melody!

Sing me at eve but only your sigh!
Like lifting seas it solaceth; breathe so,
Slowly and low, the sense that no songs say.

Sing me at midnight with your murmurous heart!
Let youth's immortal-moaning chord be heard
Throbbing through you, and sobbing, unsubdued.

by Wilfred Owen (1893-1918) , "Song of songs"

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

by William Hellerman (1939-) , "Poem for soprano and four instruments" [soprano, flute, clarinet, trombone, violoncello]
by Bernard P. Langley , "Song of songs", 1970-2. [tenor and orchestra or piano]

by John Greer (1954-) , "Song of songs", from Sing me at midnight, no. 5.

Date added to the website: 2008-10-18.

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