Author: Walter de la Mare (1873-1956)

Walter Ramal [pseudonym]

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A boy (Finger on lip I ever stand) - C. Le Fleming [x] *
A feather, a feather [x] *
S. Parry: The feather

A goldfinch (This feather-soft creature) - P. Harrison [x] *
A midget (Just a span and half a span) - T. Chanler, C. Le Fleming [x] *
A portrait of a warrior (His brow is seamed with line and scar) - W. Buczynski
A screech across the sands [x] *
M. Hurd: Mr. Punch

A shepherd (A shepherd, Ned Vaughan ) - T. Chanler [x] *
A shepherd, Ned Vaughan [x] *
T. Chanler: A shepherd

A song of enchantment (A song of enchantment I sang me there ) - B. Britten, I. Boyle, V. Galway
A song of enchantment I sang me there
B. Britten, I. Boyle, V. Galway: A song of enchantment

A song of shadows (Sweep thy faint strings, Musician ) - J. Bennett, I. Boyle, G. Gwyther, S. Liddle
A song of soldiers (As I sat musing by the frozen dyke) - F. Austin, C. Gibbs
A very old woman lives in yon house
P. McIntyre, D. Smith: Alone

A warbler (In the sedge a tiny song) - P. Harrison [x] *
A--Apple Pie (Little Pollie Pillikins) - C. Gibbs [x] *
A-Tishoo (Sneeze, Pretty, sneeze, Dainty) [x]
C. Gibbs: A-Tishoo

Abode (The abode of the nightingale is bare) - J. White
Absalom (Vain, proud, rebellious Prince) - D. Wickens [x] *
Afraid (Here lies, but seven years old, our little maid) - S. Berkeley *
After the songless rose of evening
O. Mase: The unchanging

Ahoy, and ahoy! 'Twixt mocking and merry
C. Gibbs: The changeling

Alas, alack! (Ann, Ann! Come quick as you can! ) - G. Bachlund, B. Crist, J. Emeléus, T. Greaves, R. Greene, H. Howells
Alexander (It was the Great Alexander) - I. Gurney
Alice Hew (Sleep sound, Mistress Hew!) - C. Le Fleming [x] *
Alice Rodd (Here lyeth our infant, Alice Rodd) - T. Chanler [x] *
All that's past (Very old are the woods ) - G. Bachlund, S. Berkeley, F. Bontoft, D. Elwyn-Edwards, G. Garrett, I. Gurney, A. Roper
All winter through I bow my head
C. Gibbs, D. Smith: The scarecrow

Alone (The abode of the nightingale is bare)
J. White: Abode

Alone (A very old woman lives in yon house) - P. McIntyre, D. Smith
Alone - J. Brown [x]
An epitaph (Here lies a most beautiful lady ) - I. Gurney, D. Barlow, Besly, J. Duarte, A. Hoggett, J. Koch, M. Mulliner, M. Sheldon, D. Stone
An Introduction (Jemima is my name) - H. McKinney
An ominous bird sang from its branch
I. Gurney: Beware!

Andy Battle (Once and there was a young sailor, yeo ho!) - C. Gibbs [x]
Ann, Ann! Come quick as you can!
G. Bachlund, B. Crist, J. Emeléus, T. Greaves, R. Greene, H. Howells: Alas, alack!

Ann Poverty (Stranger, here lies) - T. Chanler *
Annie has run to the mill dam [x] *
J. Brown, P. Harrison: Dreamland

Ann's Cradle Song (Now silent falls the clacking mill) - C. Gibbs
Another Spring (What though the first pure snowdrop wilt and die) - S. Berkeley *
Applecumjockably, blindfold eye! [x] *
P. Harrison: Blindman's In

Arabia (Far are the shades of Arabia) - W. Browne
Araby (Dark-browed Sailor, tell me now) - C. Gibbs, M. Hurd
Are you far away? [x]
E. Deale: The familiar

As I lay awake in the white moonlight
F. Keel: Sleepy head

As I mused by the hearthside [x] *
E. Allam: Comfort

As I sat musing by the frozen dyke
F. Austin, C. Gibbs: A song of soldiers
S. Berkeley: The song of the soldiers
C. Hely-Hutchinson, D. Holman, P. McIntyre, W. Webber: The song of soldiers
F. Swain: Song of the soldiers

As Lucy went a-walking (As Lucy went a-walking one morning cold and fine) - C. Gibbs
As Lucy went a-walking one morning cold and fine
C. Gibbs: As Lucy went a-walking

As we sailed out of London River (As we sailed out of London River) - H. Sykes [x] *
As we sailed out of London River [x] *
M. Hurd, M. Hurd: Sailor's Song
H. Sykes: As we sailed out of London River

Autumn (There is a wind where the rose was ) - B. Britten, M. Herbert, J. Langley, R. Milford
Away (There is no sorrow) - R. Fleming [x] *
Be gentle, O hands of a child (Be gentle, O hands of a child) - V. Galway
Be gentle, O hands of a child
W. Buczynski, G. Garrett: Dreams
V. Galway: Be gentle, O hands of a child

Be very quiet now (Be very quiet now) - T. Chanler [x] *
Be very quiet now [x] *
T. Chanler: Be very quiet now

Beggar's song (Now all the roads to London town ) - C. Gibbs [x]
Behind the blinds I sit and watch
C. Hely-Hutchinson, E. Allam, E. Belchamber: The window

Beware! (An ominous bird sang from its branch) - I. Gurney
Blackbirds (In April, when these orchards blow) - M. Bruce [x] *
Blindman's In (Applecumjockably, blindfold eye!) - P. Harrison [x] *
Bluebells (Where the bluebells and the wind are) - C. Gibbs, E. Dent
Bonum Omen (As we sailed out of London River) [x] *
M. Hurd, M. Hurd: Sailor's Song
H. Sykes: As we sailed out of London River

Bread and cherries (Cherries, ripe cherries!" the old woman cried ) - I. Gurney, J. Rogers
Bubble, bubble [x]
G. Peterkin: Song of the Water Maiden

Bunches of grapes (Bunches of grapes, says Timothy) - I. Armitage, E. Bullock, C. Gibbs, H. Howells, F. Keel, P. Wilkinson, D. Pitcher
Bunches of grapes, says Timothy
C. Forsyth: Says Jane
I. Armitage, E. Bullock, C. Gibbs, H. Howells, F. Keel, P. Wilkinson, D. Pitcher: Bunches of grapes

Cake and Sack (Old King Caraway supped on cake ) - T. Chanler
Candle, candle, burning clear [x] *
T. Pitfield: The House of Dream

Candlestickmaker's song (Listen, I who love thee well ) - C. Gibbs
Captain Lean (Out of the East a hurricane) - C. Gibbs
Cherries, ripe cherries!" the old woman cried
I. Gurney, J. Rogers: Bread and cherries

Clouded with snow the cold winds blow
E. Cone, D. Stone, G. Bachlund: Winter

Come! (From an island of the sea) - D. Arditti *
Come! said Old Shellover.
T. Chanler, C. Gibbs: Old Shellover

Come--Gone (Gone the snowdrop -- comes the crocus) - T. Greaves [x] *
Comfort (As I mused by the hearthside) - E. Allam [x] *
Courage (O heart, hold thee secure) - R. Fleming [x] *
Crazed (I know a pool where nightshade preens) - R. Greene [x] *
Dame Hickory (Dame Hickory, Dame Hickory) - C. Gibbs
Dame Hickory, Dame Hickory
C. Gibbs: Dame Hickory

Dark is the night
B. Britten: Vigil

Dark-browed Sailor, tell me now
C. Gibbs, M. Hurd: Araby

Dear delight (Youngling fair, and dear delight ) - M. Head
Dearest, it was a night
G. Finzi: The birthnight

Dim-berried is the mistletoe (Dim-berried is the mistletoe ) - A. Benjamin
Dim-berried is the mistletoe
A. Benjamin: Dim-berried is the mistletoe

Done for (Old Ben Bailey) - R. Fiske [x] *
Down the Hill of Ludgate
J. Brown: Up and down

Down-adown-derry (Down-adown-derry, sweet Annie Maroon) - C. Gibbs
Down-adown-derry, sweet Annie Maroon
C. Gibbs: Down-adown-derry

Dream-song (Sunlight, moonlight, twilight, starlight) - D. Carty, C. Hely-Hutchinson, W. Miessner, A. Milner, S. Roberton, E. Stringham, W. Whittaker, C. Gibbs
Dreamland (Annie has run to the mill dam) - J. Brown, P. Harrison [x] *
Dreams (Be gentle, O hands of a child) - W. Buczynski, G. Garrett
Earth folk (The cat she walks on padded claws) - R. Greene
Echo (Seven sweet notes) - J. Brown, P. Harrison [x] *
Echo ("Who called?" I said, and the words) - D. Wickens
Echoes (The sea laments ) - R. Housman [x] *
Eeka, Neeka (Eeka, Neeka, Leeka, Lea) - C. Gibbs, P. Harrison [x] *
Eeka, Neeka, Leeka, Lea [x] *
C. Gibbs, P. Harrison: Eeka, Neeka

England (No lovelier hills than thine have laid ) - D. Arditti, O. Mase, B. Rodewald
Epitaph (Here lies a most beautiful lady ) - R. Housman
Ere my heart beats too coldly and faintly
A. Shepherd: Truants

Ever, ever [x] *
P. Harrison, C. Gibbs: Why?

Exile (Had the gods loved me I had lain)
C. Gibbs: The exile

Far are the shades of Arabia
W. Browne: Arabia

Fare well (When I lie where shades of darkness) - J. Baber, E. Cone, I. Gurney, R. Holloway
Finger on lip I ever stand [x] *
C. Le Fleming: A boy

Five Eyes (In Hans' old Mill his three black cats ) - C. Gibbs, C. Gibbs, B. Crist, A. Kent, S. Roberton
Fol dol do (Fol dol do, and a south wind a-blowing O) - C. Gibbs [x]
Fol dol do, and a south wind a-blowing O [x]
C. Gibbs: Fol dol do

For every sip the Hen says grace [x] *
C. Gibbs: Grace

From an island of the sea *
D. Arditti: Come!

From height of noon [x]
J. Weinzweig: The enchanted hill

From his cradle in the glamourie
P. Young: Peak and Puke

Full moon (One night as Dick lay half asleep ) - G. Bachlund, E. Allam, S. Berkeley, H. Howells, W. Wordsworth
Gold locks, and black locks
C. Gibbs: The barber's

Gone (Where's the Queen of Sheba?) - G. Cockshott [x] *
Gone the snowdrop -- comes the crocus [x] *
T. Greaves: Come--Gone

Grace (For every sip the Hen says grace) - C. Gibbs [x] *
Had the gods loved me I had lain
C. Gibbs: The exile

Hark! is that a horn I hear (Hark! is that a horn I hear) - A. Butterworth
Hark! is that a horn I hear
C. Gibbs, K. Richards: The horn
A. Butterworth: Hark! is that a horn I hear

Has anybody seen my Mopser?
J. Emeléus, T. Greaves: The bandog

Have you been catching fish, Tom Noddy
B. Britten, F. Swain: Tit for tat

Here am I [x] *
M. Hurd: The guy
T. Greaves: Please to remember

Here is a sea-legged sailor
M. Hurd: The picture

Here lies a most beautiful lady (Here lies a most beautiful lady ) - G. Cockshott
Here lies a most beautiful lady
R. Housman: Epitaph
E. Deale: The Lady of the West Country
I. Gurney, D. Barlow, Besly, J. Duarte, A. Hoggett, J. Koch, M. Mulliner, M. Sheldon, D. Stone: An epitaph
G. Cockshott: Here lies a most beautiful lady

Here lies, but seven years old, our little maid *
S. Berkeley: Afraid

Here lies my husbands: One, Two Three [x] *
T. Chanler: Three Husbands (Epitaph no. 9)

Here lies Thomas Logge -- a rascally dogge [x] *
T. Chanler: Thomas Logge

Here lyeth our infant, Alice Rodd [x] *
T. Chanler: Alice Rodd

Here sleep I [x] *
T. Chanler: Susannah Fry

Hide and seek (Hide and seek, says the Wind ) - G. Bachlund, J. Brown, J. Emeléus, C. Gibbs, H. McKinney, A. Milner, E. Rose
Hide and seek, says the Wind
G. Bachlund, J. Brown, J. Emeléus, C. Gibbs, H. McKinney, A. Milner, E. Rose: Hide and seek

His brow is seamed with line and scar
W. Buczynski: A portrait of a warrior

Hithery, hethery -- I love best [x] *
S. Parry: The four brothers

Horizon to horizon (Horizon to horizon) - J. Coulthard [x]
Horizon to horizon [x]
J. Coulthard: Horizon to horizon

How do the days press on, and lay
K. Richards: The flight

How large unto the tiny fly
E. Belchamber: The fly

How often, these hours [x] *
J. Brown: The dove

I can't abear (I can't abear a butcher ) - B. Crist
I can't abear a butcher
B. Crist: I can't abear

I had a silver buckle
S. Bliss, E. Leigh, H. Piggott: The buckle

I know a little cupboard
G. Bachlund, V. Harris, C. Hely-Hutchinson, E. Leigh, H. McKinney, W. Miessner, A. Milner, D. Moore, D. Parke, M. Strong: The cupboard

I know a pool where nightshade preens [x] *
R. Greene: Crazed

I met at eve (I met at eve the Prince of sleep) GER *
S. Elgar: The prince of sleep

I met at eve the Prince of sleep GER *
S. Elgar: The prince of sleep

I saw the lovely arch
B. Britten: The rainbow

I spied John Mouldy in his cellar
C. Gibbs, F. Keel, T. Pitfield, H. Stevens, W. Veitch, C. Winn: John Mouldy

I supped where bloomed the red red rose [x] *
P. Harrison, J. Brown: Supper

I watched the Lady Caroline (I watched the Lady Caroline) - J. Duke
I watched the Lady Caroline
S. Bliss: Lovelocks
J. Duke: I watched the Lady Caroline

If I were Lord of Tartary (If I were Lord of Tartary) - S. Bantock
If I were Lord of Tartary
S. Bantock: If I were Lord of Tartary
H. Stevens: Lord of Tartary
E. Allam: Tartary

In April, when these orchards blow [x] *
M. Bruce: Blackbirds

In Hans' old Mill his three black cats
C. Gibbs, C. Gibbs, B. Crist, A. Kent, S. Roberton: Five Eyes

In stagnant gloom I toil through day *
S. Berkeley: Poetry

In the black furrow of a field
S. Bliss: The hare

In the sedge a tiny song [x] *
P. Harrison: A warbler

In the woods as I did walk
C. Gibbs: The stranger

Into a ship, dreaming (Will he ever be weary of wandering ) - B. Crist
Invocation (The burning fire shakes in the night) - R. Osborne
'Is there anybody there?' said the Traveller
N. Dello Joio, C. Gibbs, C. Lander, R. Stephenson, L. White, D. Young: The listeners

Isled in the midnight air
S. Berkeley, P. McIntyre: The moth

It was about the deep of night *
M. Shaw: The Three Traitors

It was the Great Alexander
I. Gurney: Alexander

It's a very odd thing
G. Bachlund, C. Gibbs, H. Howells, S. Kagen: Miss T.

Jane Eyre's song (You take my heart with tears) - C. Gibbs
Jemima is my name
H. McKinney: An Introduction
J. Emeléus: Mima

John Mouldy (I spied John Mouldy in his cellar) - C. Gibbs, F. Keel, T. Pitfield, H. Stevens, W. Veitch, C. Winn
Just a span and half a span [x] *
T. Chanler, C. Le Fleming: A midget

King Caraway (Old King Caraway supped on cake ) - F. Swain
King David (King David was a sorrowful man ) - H. Howells, C. Gibbs, M. Hurd, C. Proctor, F. Swain
King David was a sorrowful man
H. Howells, C. Gibbs, M. Hurd, C. Proctor, F. Swain: King David

Last night (Last night, as I sat here alone) - R. Field [x] *
Last night, as I sat here alone [x] *
R. Field: Last night

Leans now the fair willow [x]
E. Cone, J. Schmidt: The willow

Listen, I who love thee well
C. Gibbs: Candlestickmaker's song
D. Arditti: The Flower

Little Pollie Pillikins [x] *
C. Gibbs: A--Apple Pie

London River (As we sailed out of London River) - M. Hurd [x] *
Long-idling spring may come [x] *
E. Cone: Why, then comes in

Lord of Tartary (If I were Lord of Tartary) - H. Stevens
Lorelei's Song (Pilgrim forget; in this dark tide) - C. Gibbs
Love in the almond bough (Love in the almond bough buildeth his nest ) - C. Gibbs [x]
Love in the almond bough buildeth his nest [x]
C. Gibbs: Love in the almond bough

Lovelocks (I watched the Lady Caroline) - S. Bliss
Lullaby (Sleep, lovely white soul ) - C. Gibbs
Mary (Mary! Mary! Mary!) - E. Leigh [x] *
Mary! Mary! Mary! [x] *
E. Leigh: Mary

Me who have sailèd [x]
G. Peterkin: She's me forgot

Melmillo (Three and thirty birds there stood) - C. Carey, H. Farjeon, C. Gibbs, S. Liddle
Mima (Jemima is my name) - J. Emeléus
Miss Cherry (Once -- once I loved) - R. Fiske [x] *
Miss T. (It's a very odd thing ) - G. Bachlund, C. Gibbs, H. Howells, S. Kagen
Mistletoe (Sitting under the mistletoe ) - C. Gibbs, S. Berkeley, B. Crist, E. Lodge, L. Pattison
Mistress Fell (Whom seek you here, sweet Mistress Fell?) - B. Burrows
Monkeys in a forest [x] *
P. Harrison, J. Brown, C. Gibbs: Where

Moonlight (The far moon maketh lovers wise) - F. Brinkworth
Mother Carey (Sing a lo lay) - C. Gibbs [x]
Mr. Punch (A screech across the sands) [x] *
M. Hurd: Mr. Punch

Mrs. MacQueen (With glass like a bull's-eye) - C. Hand, H. Howells
Mrs. MacQueen or the Lollie-Shop (With glass like a bull's-eye)
C. Hand, H. Howells: Mrs. MacQueen

Music (When music sounds, gone is the earth I know ) - G. Bachlund, D. Murray, G. Read, E. Smith
Music unheard (Sweet sounds, begone) - D. Wickens
My dear Daddie bought a mansion
B. Crist: The little bird

Never more, sailor (Never more, Sailor) - G. Peterkin
Never more, Sailor
G. Peterkin: Never more, sailor

Nicholas Nye (Thistle and darnell and dock grew there) - D. Dorward, L. Hughes-Jones
Nicoletta (Oh, my pretty Nicoletta) - E. Allam, P. Harrison [x] *
Nigger-boy Sambo who scours the pots [x] *
P. Harrison: Sambo

Night (That shining moon) - W. Wordsworth [x] *
Nine and ninety monkeys (There was a ship of Rio) - V. Campbell, G. Peterkin
Nine feat fiddlers had good Queen Bess [x]
A. Shepherd: The fiddlers

No breath of wind *
R. Parfrey: Snow
M. Bruce: The snow

No jewel (No jewel from the rock) - P. Harrison [x] *
No jewel from the rock [x] *
P. Harrison: No jewel

No lovelier hills than thine have laid
D. Arditti, O. Mase, B. Rodewald: England

No one was in the fields [x] *
E. Deale: Tom's angel

No voice to scold - T. Chanler [x]
No voices to scold (No voices to scold) - T. Chanler [x] *
No voices to scold [x] *
T. Chanler: No voices to scold

Nod (Softly along the road of evening ) - C. Gibbs, D. Ford, S. Harmati, V. Harris, R. Housman, D. Smith, J. Tobin
Nothing on the grey roof, nothing on the brown
A. Milner, S. Roberton: The old stone house

Now all the roads to London town [x]
C. Gibbs: Beggar's song

Now silent falls (Now silent falls the clacking mill)
C. Gibbs: Ann's Cradle Song

Now silent falls the clacking mill
C. Gibbs: Ann's Cradle Song

O heart, hold thee secure [x] *
R. Fleming: Courage

O starry face [x] *
N. Auerbach: The vision

Of all the trees in England (Of all the trees in England) - S. Roberton
Of all the trees in England
C. Hely-Hutchinson: Trees
C. Wood: The trees in England
S. Roberton: Of all the trees in England

Off the ground (Three jolly Farmers once bet a pound ) - A. Flay, C. Gibbs
Oh, my pretty Nicoletta [x] *
E. Allam, P. Harrison: Nicoletta

Old Ben Bailey [x] *
R. Fiske: Done for

Old King Caraway (Old King Caraway supped on cake ) - A. Milner, W. Whittaker
Old King Caraway supped on cake
A. Milner, W. Whittaker: Old King Caraway
F. Swain: King Caraway
T. Chanler: Cake and Sack

Old Shellover (Come! said Old Shellover.) - T. Chanler, C. Gibbs
Old Susan (When Susan's work was done she'd sit) - D. Smith
Old Tillie Turveycombe sat to sew
T. Chanler, M. Hurd, E. Leigh: Tillie

Once -- once I loved [x] *
R. Fiske: Miss Cherry

Once and there was a young sailor (Once and there was a young sailor, yeo ho!) - G. Peterkin [x]
Once and there was a young sailor, yeo ho! [x]
C. Gibbs: Andy Battle
G. Peterkin: Once and there was a young sailor

Once was a miller [x] *
P. Harrison, C. Gibbs: White

One night as Dick lay half asleep
G. Bachlund, E. Allam, S. Berkeley, H. Howells, W. Wordsworth: Full moon

Out of the East a hurricane
C. Gibbs: Captain Lean

Over the wintry fields [x] *
E. Cone: Winter evening

Peace in thy hands
G. Bachlund, N. Auerbach: The ghost

Peak and Puke (From his cradle in the glamourie) - P. Young
Pilgrim forget; in this dark tide
C. Gibbs: Lorelei's Song

Please to remember (Here am I) - T. Greaves [x] *
Poetry (In stagnant gloom I toil through day) - S. Berkeley *
Poor Henry (Thick in its glass the physic stands ) - S. Berkeley, G. Bachlund
Poor little Lucy
G. Bachlund, A. Milner, J. Turner: The lost shoe

Poor Tired Tim! It's sad for him
G. Bachlund, E. Belchamber, B. Crist, D. Faulkner, H. Howells: Tired Tim

Quack (What said the drake to his lady-love) - R. Fleming [x] *
Queen Djenira (When Queen Djenira slumbers through) - B. Burrows
Rachel (Rachel sings sweet) - S. Berkeley, B. Burrows, P. McIntyre, D. Smith
Rachel sings sweet
S. Berkeley, B. Burrows, P. McIntyre, D. Smith: Rachel

Reverie (When slim Sophia mounts her horse) - C. Gibbs, F. Keel, A. Shepherd
Rooks in October (They sweep up, crying) [x] *
E. Cone: Rooks in October

Sailorman, I'll give to you
C. Gibbs, M. Hurd, D. Stoll: The silver penny

Sailor's Song (As we sailed out of London River) - M. Hurd [x] *
Sallie (When Sallie with her pitcher goes) - P. Harrison, R. Waters [x] *
Sambo (Nigger-boy Sambo who scours the pots) - P. Harrison [x] *
Says Jane (Bunches of grapes, says Timothy) - C. Forsyth
See, now, this filigree [x]
N. Auerbach, W. Wordsworth: The snowflake

Seven sweet notes [x] *
J. Brown, P. Harrison: Echo

Shadow and light both strove to be
C. Gibbs: The Bells

Shadows (The horse in the field ) - R. Stoker [x] *
She's me forgot (Me who have sailèd) - G. Peterkin [x]
Sighs have no skill (Sighs have no skill) - P. Fricker
Sighs have no skill
P. Fricker: Sighs have no skill

Silence (With changeful sound life beats upon the ear) - S. Goossens
Silver (Slowly, silently, now the moon) - B. Britten, J. Duke, C. Gibbs, J. Koch, A. Rosser, G. Bachlund, V. Archer, S. Berkeley, W. Buczynski, A. Butterworth, J. Emeléus, H. Farjeon, H. Greenhill, C. Hand, V. Harris, C. Hely-Hutchinson, A. Milner, R. Redman, N. Saunders, E. Smith, W. Vosper, V. Weigl, D. Young, D. Zanders
Sing a lo lay [x]
C. Gibbs: Mother Carey

Sitting under the mistletoe
C. Gibbs, S. Berkeley, B. Crist, E. Lodge, L. Pattison: Mistletoe

Sleep, lovely white soul
C. Gibbs: Lullaby

Sleep sound, Mistress Hew! [x] *
C. Le Fleming: Alice Hew

Sleepy head (As I lay awake in the white moonlight) - F. Keel
Slowly, silently, now the moon (Slowly, silently, now the moon) - A. Shepherd
Slowly, silently, now the moon
A. Shepherd: Slowly, silently, now the moon
B. Britten, J. Duke, C. Gibbs, J. Koch, A. Rosser, G. Bachlund, V. Archer, S. Berkeley, W. Buczynski, A. Butterworth, J. Emeléus, H. Farjeon, H. Greenhill, C. Hand, V. Harris, C. Hely-Hutchinson, A. Milner, R. Redman, N. Saunders, E. Smith, W. Vosper, V. Weigl, D. Young, D. Zanders: Silver

Sneeze, Pretty, sneeze, Dainty [x]
C. Gibbs: A-Tishoo

Snow (No breath of wind) - R. Parfrey *
Softly along the road of evening (Softly along the road of evening ) - S. Davies, S. Lekberg, A. Shepherd
Softly along the road of evening
S. Davies, S. Lekberg, A. Shepherd: Softly along the road of evening
C. Gibbs, D. Ford, S. Harmati, V. Harris, R. Housman, D. Smith, J. Tobin: Nod

Some one (Some one came knocking ) - G. Bachlund, S. Adler, V. Archer, Besly, B. Crist, N. Swift, R. Thompson
Some one came knocking
G. Bachlund, S. Adler, V. Archer, Besly, B. Crist, N. Swift, R. Thompson: Some one

Some one is always sitting there
C. Gibbs, H. Farjeon, F. Keel: The little green orchard

Song of shadows (Sweep thy faint strings, Musician ) - I. Fischer
Song of the secret (Where is beauty? ) - G. Bachlund
Song of the soldiers (As I sat musing by the frozen dyke) - F. Swain
Song of the Water Maiden (Bubble, bubble) - G. Peterkin [x]
Sorcery (What voice is that I hear)
A. Butterworth: What voice is that I hear

Speak not -- whisper not
C. Gibbs: The sunken garden

Still, and blanched, and cold, and lone
C. Gibbs: The mountains

Stranger, here lies *
T. Chanler: Ann Poverty

Sunlight, moonlight, twilight, starlight
D. Carty, C. Hely-Hutchinson, W. Miessner, A. Milner, S. Roberton, E. Stringham, W. Whittaker, C. Gibbs: Dream-song

Supper (I supped where bloomed the red red rose) - P. Harrison, J. Brown [x] *
Susannah Fry (Here sleep I) - T. Chanler [x] *
Sweep thy faint strings, Musician
G. Bachlund, C. Gibbs, F. Keel, D. Pedley, W. Whittaker, W. Wordsworth: The song of shadows
P. Young: The song of the shadows
J. Bennett, I. Boyle, G. Gwyther, S. Liddle: A song of shadows
I. Fischer: Song of shadows

Sweet sounds, begone (Sweet sounds, begone) - C. Gibbs
Sweet sounds, begone
D. Wickens: Music unheard
C. Gibbs: Sweet sounds, begone

Take heed, young heart (Take heed, young heart, to Time) - C. Gibbs *
Take heed, young heart, to Time *
C. Gibbs: Take heed, young heart

Tartary (If I were Lord of Tartary) - E. Allam
Tell me, tell me, unknown stranger [x]
C. Gibbs, G. Peterkin: The galliass

That shining moon [x] *
W. Wordsworth: Night

That wooden hive between the trees [x] *
R. Milford: The garden

The abode of the nightingale is bare
J. White: Abode

The bandog (Has anybody seen my Mopser?) - J. Emeléus, T. Greaves
The barber's (Gold locks, and black locks) - C. Gibbs
The bees' song (Thousandz of thornz there be) - C. Gibbs, R. Greene, C. Hely-Hutchinson, S. Liddle, A. Milner, G. Peterkin
The Bells (Shadow and light both strove to be ) - C. Gibbs
The birthnight (Dearest, it was a night ) - G. Finzi
The buckle (I had a silver buckle) - S. Bliss, E. Leigh, H. Piggott
The burning fire shakes in the night
R. Osborne: Invocation

The cat she walks on padded claws
R. Greene: Earth folk

The changeling (Ahoy, and ahoy! 'Twixt mocking and merry) - C. Gibbs
The cupboard (I know a little cupboard ) - G. Bachlund, V. Harris, C. Hely-Hutchinson, E. Leigh, H. McKinney, W. Miessner, A. Milner, D. Moore, D. Parke, M. Strong
The doctor's song (The goodman said 'tis time for bed) - C. Gibbs
The dove (How often, these hours) - J. Brown [x] *
The dunce (Why does he still keep ticking?) - E. Belchamber, H. Howells
The enchanted hill (From height of noon) - J. Weinzweig [x]
The exile (Had the gods loved me I had lain) - C. Gibbs
The familiar (Are you far away? ) - E. Deale [x]
The far moon maketh lovers wise
F. Brinkworth: Moonlight

The feather (A feather, a feather) - S. Parry [x] *
The feckless dinner-party (Who are we waiting for?) - R. Holloway [x] *
The fiddlers (Nine feat fiddlers had good Queen Bess) - A. Shepherd [x]
The fleeting (The late wind failed) - S. Berkeley, W. Wordsworth [x] *
The flight (How do the days press on, and lay) - K. Richards
The Flower (Listen, I who love thee well ) - D. Arditti
The flower (Horizon to horizon) [x]
J. Coulthard: Horizon to horizon

The flowers of the field
G. Garrett: The hawthorn hath a deathly smell

The fly (How large unto the tiny fly) - E. Belchamber
The four brothers (Hithery, hethery -- I love best) - S. Parry [x] *
The galliass (Tell me, tell me, unknown stranger ) - C. Gibbs, G. Peterkin [x]
The garden (That wooden hive between the trees) - R. Milford [x] *
The ghost (Peace in thy hands) - G. Bachlund, N. Auerbach
The ghost - I. Gurney [x]
The ghost ("Who knocks?" -- "I, who was beautiful) - P. Tauber
The gnomies (As I lay awake in the white moonlight)
F. Keel: Sleepy head

The goodman said 'tis time for bed
C. Gibbs: The doctor's song

The guy (Here am I) - M. Hurd [x] *
The hare (In the black furrow of a field) - S. Bliss
The hawthorn hath a deathly smell (The flowers of the field) - G. Garrett
The horn (Hark! is that a horn I hear) - C. Gibbs, K. Richards
The horse in the field [x] *
R. Stoker: Shadows

The House of Dream (Candle, candle, burning clear) - T. Pitfield [x] *
The huntsmen (Three jolly gentlemen) - G. Bachlund, M. Bartholomew, J. Brown, J. Emeléus, C. Gibbs, C. Hely-Hutchinson, A. O'Murnaghan
The Lady of the West Country (Here lies a most beautiful lady ) - E. Deale
The late wind failed [x] *
S. Berkeley, W. Wordsworth: The fleeting

The linnet (Upon this leafy bush) - C. Gibbs, E. Leigh, K. Leighton, P. Naylor
The listeners ('Is there anybody there?' said the Traveller) - N. Dello Joio, C. Gibbs, C. Lander, R. Stephenson, L. White, D. Young
The little bird (My dear Daddie bought a mansion) - B. Crist
The little creature (Twinkum, twankum) - C. Hand [x]
The little green orchard (Some one is always sitting there) - C. Gibbs, H. Farjeon, F. Keel
The little old Cupid ('Twas a very small garden) - B. Crist, C. Hely-Hutchinson, H. McKinney
The little salamander (When I go free) - C. Gibbs, E. Deale
The lost shoe (Poor little Lucy ) - G. Bachlund, A. Milner, J. Turner
The mad prince (Who said 'Peacock Pie' ) - C. Gibbs
The mocking fairy (Won't you look out of your window, Mrs. Gill) - Besly
The moth (Isled in the midnight air) - S. Berkeley, P. McIntyre
The mountains (Still, and blanched, and cold, and lone) - C. Gibbs
The night song ('Tis silence on the enchanted lake) - C. Gibbs
The night watch - E. Belchamber [x]
The night-swans ('Tis silence on the enchanted lake)
C. Gibbs: The night song

The old Pig said to the little pigs
J. Emeléus: The pigs and the charcoal-burner

The old sailor (There came an old sailor ) - M. Hurd [x] *
The old soldier (There came an Old Soldier to my door) - B. Crist, D. Dushkin, C. Gibbs, C. Hely-Hutchinson, F. Swain
The old stone house (Nothing on the grey roof, nothing on the brown) - A. Milner, S. Roberton
The old tailor (There once was an old Tailor) - T. Greaves [x] *
The picture (Here is a sea-legged sailor) - M. Hurd
The pigs and the charcoal-burner (The old Pig said to the little pigs) - J. Emeléus
The portrait of a warrior (His brow is seamed with line and scar)
W. Buczynski: A portrait of a warrior

The prince of sleep (I met at eve the Prince of sleep) - S. Elgar GER *
The quartet (Tom sang for joy and Ned sang for joy and old Sam sang for joy) - G. Grant-Schaefer
The quartette (Tom sang for joy and Ned sang for joy and old Sam sang for joy) - D. Symons
The Queen of Arabia (The Queen of Arabia, Uanjinee) - M. Bartholomew [x]
The Queen of Arabia, Uanjinee [x]
M. Bartholomew: The Queen of Arabia

The rainbow (I saw the lovely arch) - B. Britten
The ride-by-nights (Up on their brooms the Witches stream) - C. Gibbs, B. Britten, C. Hand, S. Roberton, P. Young
The salamander (When I go free)
C. Gibbs, E. Deale: The little salamander

The scarecrow (All winter through I bow my head) - C. Gibbs, D. Smith
The scent of bramble fills the air
C. Gibbs, C. Gibbs: The sleeping beauty

The scribe (What lovely things ) - I. Gurney, H. Howells
The sea laments [x] *
R. Housman: Echoes

The ship of Rio (There was a ship of Rio) - B. Britten, E. Allam, M. Andrews, V. Archer, B. Crist, B. Daubney, D. Dushkin, C. Gibbs, T. Greaves, A. Jacob, A. Milner, M. Rose, E. Smith
The silver penny (Sailorman, I'll give to you) - C. Gibbs, M. Hurd, D. Stoll
The sleeping beauty (The scent of bramble fills the air ) - C. Gibbs, C. Gibbs
The snow (No breath of wind) - M. Bruce *
The snowflake (See, now, this filigree) - N. Auerbach, W. Wordsworth [x]
The song of secret (Where is beauty? ) - G. Peterkin
The song of shadows (Sweep thy faint strings, Musician ) - G. Bachlund, C. Gibbs, F. Keel, D. Pedley, W. Whittaker, W. Wordsworth
The song of soldiers (As I sat musing by the frozen dyke) - C. Hely-Hutchinson, D. Holman, P. McIntyre, W. Webber
The song of the mad prince (Who said 'Peacock Pie' ) - I. Anhalt, J. Emeléus
The song of the secret (Where is beauty? )
G. Peterkin: The song of secret
S. Roberton: Where is beauty?
G. Bachlund: Song of the secret

The song of the shadows (Sweep thy faint strings, Musician ) - P. Young
The song of the soldiers (As I sat musing by the frozen dyke) - S. Berkeley
The stranger (In the woods as I did walk) - C. Gibbs
The sunken garden (Speak not -- whisper not) - C. Gibbs
The sunken garden (Speak not -- whisper not)
C. Gibbs: The sunken garden

The three cherry trees (There were three cherry trees once) - E. Dent, H. Johnson
The Three Traitors (It was about the deep of night) - M. Shaw *
The trees in England (Of all the trees in England) - C. Wood
The truants (Ere my heart beats too coldly and faintly)
A. Shepherd: Truants

The unchanging (After the songless rose of evening) - O. Mase
The vision (O starry face) - N. Auerbach [x] *
The Wanderer (Will he ever be weary of wandering ) - C. Gibbs
The willow (Leans now the fair willow) - E. Cone, J. Schmidt [x]
The window (Behind the blinds I sit and watch) - C. Hely-Hutchinson, E. Allam, E. Belchamber
Then (Twenty, forty, sixty, eighty ) - G. Bachlund, C. Gibbs
There came an old sailor [x] *
M. Hurd: The old sailor

There came an Old Soldier to my door
B. Crist, D. Dushkin, C. Gibbs, C. Hely-Hutchinson, F. Swain: The old soldier

There is no sorrow [x] *
R. Fleming: Away

There is a wind where the rose was
B. Britten, M. Herbert, J. Langley, R. Milford: Autumn

There once was an old Tailor [x] *
T. Greaves: The old tailor

There was a ship of Rio
B. Britten, E. Allam, M. Andrews, V. Archer, B. Crist, B. Daubney, D. Dushkin, C. Gibbs, T. Greaves, A. Jacob, A. Milner, M. Rose, E. Smith: The ship of Rio
V. Campbell, G. Peterkin: Nine and ninety monkeys
T. Chanler: The Ship of Rio

There were three cherry trees once
E. Dent, H. Johnson: The three cherry trees

They sweep up, crying [x] *
E. Cone: Rooks in October

Thick in its glass the physic stands
S. Berkeley, G. Bachlund: Poor Henry

This feather-soft creature [x] *
P. Harrison: A goldfinch

Thistle and darnell and dock grew there
D. Dorward, L. Hughes-Jones: Nicholas Nye

Thomas Logge (Here lies Thomas Logge -- a rascally dogge) - T. Chanler [x] *
Thousandz of thornz there be
C. Gibbs, R. Greene, C. Hely-Hutchinson, S. Liddle, A. Milner, G. Peterkin: The bees' song

Three and thirty birds there stood
C. Carey, H. Farjeon, C. Gibbs, S. Liddle: Melmillo

Three Husbands (Epitaph no. 9) (Here lies my husbands: One, Two Three) - T. Chanler [x] *
Three jolly Farmers once bet a pound
A. Flay, C. Gibbs: Off the ground

Three jolly gentlemen (Three jolly gentlemen) - S. Bliss, N. Butterworth, S. Roberton, R. Teed
Three jolly gentlemen
G. Bachlund, M. Bartholomew, J. Brown, J. Emeléus, C. Gibbs, C. Hely-Hutchinson, A. O'Murnaghan: The huntsmen
S. Bliss, N. Butterworth, S. Roberton, R. Teed: Three jolly gentlemen

Three Sisters (Three sisters rest beneath) - T. Chanler [x] *
Three sisters rest beneath [x] *
C. Le Fleming: Three sisters
T. Chanler: Three Sisters

Tillie (Old Tillie Turveycombe sat to sew) - T. Chanler, M. Hurd, E. Leigh
Tired Tim (Poor Tired Tim! It's sad for him ) - G. Bachlund, E. Belchamber, B. Crist, D. Faulkner, H. Howells
'Tis silence on the enchanted lake
C. Gibbs: The night song

Tit for tat (Have you been catching fish, Tom Noddy ) - B. Britten, F. Swain
Tom sang for joy and Ned sang for joy and old Sam sang for joy
D. Symons: The quartette
G. Grant-Schaefer: The quartet

Tom's angel (No one was in the fields) [x] *
E. Deale: Tom's angel

Trees (Of all the trees in England) - C. Hely-Hutchinson
Truants (Ere my heart beats too coldly and faintly) - A. Shepherd
'Twas a very small garden
B. Crist, C. Hely-Hutchinson, H. McKinney: The little old Cupid

Twenty, forty, sixty, eighty
G. Bachlund, C. Gibbs: Then

Twilight (When to the inward darkness of my mind) - W. Buczynski [x] *
Twinkum, twankum [x]
C. Hand: The little creature

Up and down (Down the Hill of Ludgate) - J. Brown
Up on their brooms the Witches stream
C. Gibbs, B. Britten, C. Hand, S. Roberton, P. Young: The ride-by-nights

Upon this leafy bush
C. Gibbs, E. Leigh, K. Leighton, P. Naylor: The linnet

Vain, proud, rebellious Prince [x] *
D. Wickens: Absalom

Very old are the woods
G. Bachlund, S. Berkeley, F. Bontoft, D. Elwyn-Edwards, G. Garrett, I. Gurney, A. Roper: All that's past

Vigil (Dark is the night ) - B. Britten
Voices (Who is it calling by the darkened river)
A. Butterworth: Who is it calling by the darkened rover

Wanderers (Wide are the meadows of night) - F. Austin, H. Farjeon
What lovely things
I. Gurney, H. Howells: The scribe

What said the drake to his lady-love [x] *
R. Fleming: Quack

What though the first pure snowdrop wilt and die *
S. Berkeley: Another Spring

What voice is that I hear (What voice is that I hear) - A. Butterworth
What voice is that I hear
A. Butterworth: What voice is that I hear

When I go free
C. Gibbs, E. Deale: The little salamander

When I lie where shades of darkness
J. Baber, E. Cone, I. Gurney, R. Holloway: Fare well

When music sounds (When music sounds, gone is the earth I know ) - P. Cartwright, T. Evans, G. Gover
When music sounds, gone is the earth I know
P. Cartwright, T. Evans, G. Gover: When music sounds
G. Bachlund, D. Murray, G. Read, E. Smith: Music

When Queen Djenira slumbers through
B. Burrows: Queen Djenira

When Sallie with her pitcher goes [x] *
P. Harrison, R. Waters: Sallie

When slim Sophia mounts her horse (When slim Sophia mounts her horse) - J. Duke
When slim Sophia mounts her horse
J. Duke: When slim Sophia mounts her horse
C. Gibbs, F. Keel, A. Shepherd: Reverie

When Susan's work was done she'd sit
D. Smith: Old Susan

When to the inward darkness of my mind [x] *
W. Buczynski: Twilight

Where (Monkeys in a forest) - P. Harrison, J. Brown, C. Gibbs [x] *
Where is beauty? (Where is beauty? ) - S. Roberton
Where is beauty?
G. Peterkin: The song of secret
S. Roberton: Where is beauty?
G. Bachlund: Song of the secret

Where the bluebells and the wind are
C. Gibbs, E. Dent: Bluebells

Where's the Queen of Sheba? [x] *
G. Cockshott: Gone

White (Once was a miller) - P. Harrison, C. Gibbs [x] *
Who are we waiting for? [x] *
R. Holloway: The feckless dinner-party

"Who called?" I said, and the words
D. Wickens: Echo

Who is it calling by the darkened river
A. Butterworth: Who is it calling by the darkened rover

Who is it calling by the darkened rover (Who is it calling by the darkened river) - A. Butterworth
"Who knocks?" -- "I, who was beautiful
P. Tauber: The ghost

Who said 'Peacock Pie'
C. Gibbs: The mad prince
I. Anhalt, J. Emeléus: The song of the mad prince

Whom seek you here, sweet Mistress Fell?
B. Burrows: Mistress Fell

Why does he still keep ticking?
E. Belchamber, H. Howells: The dunce

Why, then comes in (Long-idling spring may come) - E. Cone [x] *
Why? (Ever, ever) - P. Harrison, C. Gibbs [x] *
Wide are the meadows of night
F. Austin, H. Farjeon: Wanderers

Will ever? (Will he ever be weary of wandering ) - G. Bachlund
Will he ever be weary of wandering
G. Bachlund: Will ever?
B. Crist: Into a ship, dreaming
C. Gibbs: The Wanderer

Will-o'-the-wisp (Will-o'-the-wisp) [x] *
P. Harrison, M. Bruce: Will-o'-the-wisp

Will-o'-the-wisp [x] *
P. Harrison, M. Bruce: Will-o'-the-wisp

Winter (Clouded with snow the cold winds blow) - E. Cone, D. Stone, G. Bachlund
Winter evening (Over the wintry fields) - E. Cone [x] *
With changeful sound life beats upon the ear
S. Goossens: Silence

With glass like a bull's-eye
C. Hand, H. Howells: Mrs. MacQueen

Won't you look out of your window, Mrs. Gill
Besly: The mocking fairy
G. Dyson: Won't you look out of your window?

Won't you look out of your window? (Won't you look out of your window, Mrs. Gill) - G. Dyson
You take my heart with tears (You take my heart with tears) - P. Fricker
You take my heart with tears
P. Fricker: You take my heart with tears
C. Gibbs: Jane Eyre's song

Youngling fair, and dear delight
M. Head: Dear delight

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