Tutto è sciolto

A birdless heaven, sea dusk, one lone star
Piercing the west,
As thou, fond heart, love's time, so faint, so far,
Rememberest.

The clear young eyes' soft look, the candid brow,
The fragrant hair,
Falling as through the silence falleth now
Dusk of the air.

Why then, remembering those shy
Sweet lures, repine
When the dear love she yielded with a sigh
Was all but thine?

by James Joyce (1882-1941) , "Tutto è sciolto", from Pomes Penyeach, no. 5

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

by Stanley Richard Bate (1913-1959) , "Tutto è sciolto", published 1951 [low voice and piano], from Five Songs, no. ?
by Lorne M. Betts (1918-) , "A birdless heaven, seadusk, one lone star", 1952 [voice and piano], from Five Songs (1952), no. ?
by John Ireland (1879-1962) , "Tutto è sciolto", 1933 [voice and piano], from The Joyce Book, no. 5.
by Jack Maurice Jarrett (1934-) , "Tutto è sciolto", 1964 [soprano or tenor and piano], from The Unquiet Heart, no. ?
by Donald James Martino (1931-2005) , "Tutto è sciolto", published 1970 [soprano, bass, or tenor, and piano], from Three songs, no. 2.

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