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Lament

Language: English

The scent of earth breathes 
from the wood near dark 
May we not bring, ere Spring, the life 
that lies in each dim music spark? 
Hear the horn call far on hill 
Now darkling show the wood edges; 
the tales of age on age are breath 
in the cold air sweet in death.


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

Added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.

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