Alone

The moon's greygolden meshes make
All night a veil,
The shorelamps in the sleeping lake
Laburnum tendrils trail. 

The sly reeds whisper to the night
A name -- her name --
And all my soul is a delight,
A swoon of shame.

by James Joyce (1882-1941) , "Alone", 1916, from Pomes Penyeach, no. 10

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

by Brian Boydell (1917-2000) , "Alone", 1941. [baritone and piano]
by Edgardo Carducci (1898-) , "Alone", published 1933 [voice and piano], from The Joyce Book, no. 10.
by David Del Tredici (1937-) , "Alone", 1959, rev. 1978, first performed 1983, from Two Songs on Poems of James Joyce, no. 2.
by Robin Field (1935-) , "The moon's greygolden meshes make", 1967 [tenor, oboe, and string quartet], from The sly reeds whisper, no. ?
by John Gruen (1927-) , "Alone" [voice and piano]
by Jack Maurice Jarrett (1934-) , "Alone", 1964 [soprano or tenor and piano], from The Unquiet Heart, no. ?
by Donald James Martino (1931-2005) , "Alone", published 1970 [soprano or baritone or tenor, and piano], from Three songs, no. 1.

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