Far in a western brookland

Far in a western brookland
That bred me long ago
The poplars stand and tremble
By pools I used to know.

There, in the windless night-time,
The wanderer, marvelling why,
Halts on the bridge to hearken
How soft the poplars sigh.

He hears: no more remembered
In fields where I was known,
Here I lie down in London
And turn to rest alone.

There, by the starlit fences,
The wanderer halts and hears
My soul that lingers sighing
About the glimmering weirs.

by Alfred Edward Housman (1859-1936) , from A Shropshire Lad, no. 52, published 1896

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

by Sir Arnold Edward Trevor Bax (1883-1953) , "Far in a western brookland", published 1919. [medium voice and piano]
by Alfred Redgrave Cripps (1882-1950) , "Far in a western brookland", published <<1940 [voice and piano], from Nine "Shropshire Lad" Songs, no. ?
by Robin Field (1935-) , "Far in a western brookland", 1960 [medium voice and piano], from When I was one and twenty, no. ?
by Ivor Gurney (1890-1937) , "Far in a western brookland", published 1923 [tenor, string quartet, and piano], from Ludlow and Teme, no. 2.
by Salvador Ley (1907-1985) , "Far in a western brookland", published <<1940. [voice and piano]
by Ernest John Moeran (1894-1950) , "Far in a western brookland", published 1926. [baritone and piano]
by John Raynor (1909-1970) , "Far in a western brookland" [baritone and piano]
by Freda Swain (1902-) , "Far in a western brookland"
by David Van Vactor (1906-) , "Far in a western brookland", published 1968. [SATB a cappella]
by Stanley Wilson , "Far in a western brookland", published <<1967 [TTBB a cappella], from Four Songs from "A Shropshire Lad", no. ?

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