Last hours (Freeman, set by I. Gurney, M. Jacobson) (The Lied and Art Song Texts Page: Texts and Translations to Lieder, mélodies, canzoni, and other classical vocal music)


A gray day and quiet,
With slow clouds that pass,
And in dull air a cloud that hangs, hangs
All day.

The naked and stiff branches
Of oak, elm, thorn,
In the cold light are like men aged and
Forlorn.

Only a gray sky,
Grass, trees, grass again,
And all the air a cloud that drips, drips,
All day.

Lovelier now the last hours of slow winter
Slowly pass.

Authorship

John Freeman (1880-1929)

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Ivor Gurney (1890-1937)

Maurice Jacobson (1896-1976)

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