When I set out for Lyonnesse

 When I set out for Lyonnesse,
   A hundred miles away,
   The rime was on the spray,
 And starlight lit my lonesomeness
 When I set out for Lyonnesse
   A hundred miles away.

 What would bechance at Lyonnesse
   While I should sojourn there
   No prophet durst declare,
 Nor did the wisest wizard guess
 What would bechance at Lyonnesse
   While I should sojourn there.

 When I came back from Lyonnesse
   With magic in my eyes,
   All marked with mute surmise
 My radiance rare and fathomless,
 When I came back from Lyonnesse
   With magic in my eyes!

by Thomas Hardy (1840-1928) , "When I set out for Lyonnesse", from Satires of Circumstance, Lyrics and Reveries with Miscellaneous Pieces, published 1914

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

by Frederic Austin (1872-1952) , "When I set out for Lyonnesse", published 1927 [baritone, piano], from Three Wessex Songs
by Rutland Boughton (1878-1960) , "A Song of Lyonnesse", published 1924 [voice and orchestra or piano], from Three Hardy Songs, no. ?
by John Woods Duke (1899-1984) , "When I set out for Lyonnesse", published 1953. [voice and piano]
by Gerald Finzi (1901-1956) , "When I set out for Lyonnesse", op. 15 no. 2, published 1936 [baritone, piano], from Earth and Air and Rain, no. 2.
by Cecil Armstrong Gibbs (1889-1960) , "Lyonnesse", published 1921. [voice, piano]
by Sidney Harrison (1903-) , "When I set out for Lyonnesse", published 1929. [voice, piano]
by Fritz Bennicke Hart (1874-1949) , "When I set out for Lyonnesse", op. 120 (Five songs) (1938) [voice, piano], from Five Songs for Voice and Pianoforte
by Irwin Heilner (1908-) , "When I set out for Lyonnesse", 1966.
by Christopher Kaye Le Fleming (1908-) , "When I set out for Lyonnesse", published 1963 [soprano, tenor, satb, orchestra], from Six Country Songs
by Tom M. McCourt , "When I set out for Lyonnesse", published 1937. [two-part chorus of treble voices, piano]
by Katharine E. O'Brien , "When I set out for Lyonnesse", published 1947.
by Charles A. Speyer , "When I set out for Lyonnesse", published 1920 [voice, piano], from Six Selected Lyrics
by Leslie Walters (1902-) , "When I set out for Lyonnesse", published 1957.

Added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.

Gentle Reminder

This project is not funded. If you found the information here useful, please consider making a donation. Your gift is greatly appreciated!      - Emily I also have a wishlist at Amazon.ca.

Search/Shop for

Sheet music:

  Search sheetmusicplus.com for Lyonnesse, A Song of Lyonnesse, When I set out for Lyonnesse, Art song , Lieder, chansons, or works for solo voice
  Search musicroom.com for Lyonnesse, A Song of Lyonnesse, When I set out for Lyonnesse, vocal/choral music

CDs:

  Search amazon.com for Lyonnesse, A Song of Lyonnesse, When I set out for Lyonnesse, art song, Lieder, or chansons
  Search amazon.ca for Lyonnesse, A Song of Lyonnesse, When I set out for Lyonnesse, art song, Lieder, or chansons

Books:

  The Art of the Song Recital [amazon.com]
  The Book of Lieder: The Original Texts of Over 1000 Songs [amazon.com]
  Search amazon.com for art song, Lieder, or chansons
  Search amazon.ca for art song, lieder, or chansons

Classical Vocal Repertoire