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Author: George William Russell (1867-1935)

A. E. [pseudonym]

Text collections / compilations [warning - not necessarily comprehensive]

Homeward: Songs by the Way
The Divine Vision and Other Poems
The Earth Breath and Other Poems
Voices of the Stones

Texts set to music [warning - not necessarily comprehensive]

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A diamond glow of winter o'er the world (from The Earth Breath and Other Poems)
F. Hart: Winter

A dream (I would I could weave in ) (from The Earth Breath and Other Poems) - F. Hart
A holy hill (Be still: be still: nor dare ) (from Voices of the Stones) - A. Lora [x] *
A leader (Though your eyes with tears were blind) (from The Earth Breath and Other Poems) - F. Hart, A. Bax
A new being (I know myself no more, my child) (from The Divine Vision and Other Poems) - F. Hart
Affinity (You and I have found the secret way ) - F. Hart
Alien (Dark glowed the vales of amethyst) (from The Earth Breath and Other Poems) - F. Hart
As from our dream we died away (from Homeward: Songs by the Way)
A. Bax, F. Hart: Parting

As one by one the veils took flight
F. Hart: Creation

Awakening (The lights shone down the street ) - F. Hart
Be still: be still: nor dare (from Voices of the Stones) [x] *
A. Lora: A holy hill

Breathe a gay good-night - E. Deale [x]
Carrowmore (It's a lonely road through bogland to the lake at Carrowmore) - G. Bantock
Creation (As one by one the veils took flight ) - F. Hart
Dark glowed the vales of amethyst (from The Earth Breath and Other Poems)
F. Hart: Alien

Dawn (Still as the holy of holies breathes the vast) (from Homeward: Songs by the Way) - F. Hart
Desire (With Thee a moment! Then what dreams have play!) (from Homeward: Songs by the Way) - F. Hart
Destiny (Like winds or waters were her ways) (from Homeward: Songs by the Way) - F. Hart
Does the earth grow grey with grief (from Homeward: Songs by the Way)
F. Hart: The pain of earth

Dream love (I did not deem it half so sweet) (from The Earth Breath and Other Poems) - F. Hart
Dusk (Dusk wraps the village in its dim caress) (from Homeward: Songs by the Way) - F. Hart
Dusk wraps the village in its dim caress (from Homeward: Songs by the Way)
F. Hart: Dusk

Dust (I heard them in their sadness say) (from Homeward: Songs by the Way) - F. Hart
Echoes (The might that shaped itself through storm and stress) (from Homeward: Songs by the Way) - F. Hart
Ere I lose myself in the vastness and drowse myself with the peace (from The Earth Breath and Other Poems)
F. Hart: Heroic love

Far up the dim twilight fluttered (from Homeward: Songs by the Way)
F. Hart, G. Read: The unknown god

Freedom (I will not follow you, my bird) (from The Divine Vision and Other Poems) - F. Hart
Frolic (The children were shouting together ) (from The Divine Vision and Other Poems) - E. Bainton, J. Coulthard, P. Glanville-Hicks, F. Hart, G. Bantock
Heart-hidden from the outer things I rose (from Homeward: Songs by the Way)
F. Hart: Night

Heroic love (Ere I lose myself in the vastness and drowse myself with the peace) (from The Earth Breath and Other Poems) - F. Hart
How shallow is this mere that gleams!
F. Hart: Reflections

I begin through the grass once again to be bound to the Lord
B. Treharne: Reconciliation

I did not deem it half so sweet (from The Earth Breath and Other Poems)
F. Hart: Dream love

I heard them in their sadness say (from Homeward: Songs by the Way)
F. Hart: Dust

I know myself no more, my child (I know myself no more, my child) (from The Divine Vision and Other Poems) - A. Bax
I know myself no more, my child (from The Divine Vision and Other Poems)
F. Hart: A new being
A. Bax: I know myself no more, my child

I pitied one whose tattered dress (from Homeward: Songs by the Way)
F. Hart: The vesture of the soul

I said my pleasure shall not move (from Homeward: Songs by the Way)
F. Hart: Our thrones decay

I thought, beloved, to have brought to you (from The Earth Breath and Other Poems)
F. Hart: The gift

I will not follow you, my bird (from The Divine Vision and Other Poems)
F. Hart: Freedom

I woke to find my pillow wet
F. Hart: The dream

I would I could weave in (from The Earth Breath and Other Poems)
F. Hart: A dream

Illusion (What is the love of shadowy lips) (from The Earth Breath and Other Poems) - F. Hart
Image of beauty, when I gaze on thee (from The Earth Breath and Other Poems)
F. Hart: Janus

Inspiration (Lightest of dancers, with no thought) - F. Hart
It's a lonely road through bogland to the lake at Carrowmore
G. Bantock: Carrowmore

Its edges foamed with amethyst and rose (from Homeward: Songs by the Way)
F. Hart, S. Dillon: The great breath

Janus (Image of beauty, when I gaze on thee) (from The Earth Breath and Other Poems) - F. Hart
Light and dark (Not the soul that's whitest) (from The Divine Vision and Other Poems) - F. Hart
Lightest of dancers, with no thought
F. Hart: Inspiration

Like winds or waters were her ways (from Homeward: Songs by the Way)
F. Hart: Destiny

Lone and forgotten (from Voices of the Stones) [x] *
J. Edmunds: The lonely

Love (Ere I lose myself in the vastness and drowse myself with the peace) (from The Earth Breath and Other Poems)
F. Hart: Heroic love

Men have made them gods of love (from Homeward: Songs by the Way)
F. Hart: Pain

Mistrust (You look at me with wan, bright eyes) - F. Hart
Momentary (The sweetest song was ever sung ) - F. Hart
Mother, with whom our lives should be (from Homeward: Songs by the Way)
F. Hart: The Veils of Maya

Natural magic (We are tired who follow after ) (from Homeward: Songs by the Way) - F. Hart
Night (Heart-hidden from the outer things I rose) (from Homeward: Songs by the Way) - F. Hart
Not the soul that's whitest (from The Divine Vision and Other Poems)
F. Hart: Light and dark

Oh, at the eagle's height (from The Earth Breath and Other Poems)
F. Hart: The mountaineer

On me to rest, my bird my bird (from The Divine Vision and Other Poems)
P. Glanville-Hicks, W. Busch, F. Hart: Rest

Our thrones decay (I said my pleasure shall not move) (from Homeward: Songs by the Way) - F. Hart
Pain (Men have made them gods of love) (from Homeward: Songs by the Way) - F. Hart
Parting (As from our dream we died away ) (from Homeward: Songs by the Way) - A. Bax, F. Hart
Recall (What call may draw thee back again) (from The Divine Vision and Other Poems) - F. Hart
Reconciliation (I begin through the grass once again to be bound to the Lord ) - B. Treharne
Reflections (How shallow is this mere that gleams!) - F. Hart
Refuge (Twilight, a timid fawn, went glimmering by) (from The Divine Vision and Other Poems) - F. Hart
Rest (On me to rest, my bird my bird ) (from The Divine Vision and Other Poems) - P. Glanville-Hicks, W. Busch, F. Hart
Sacrifice (Those delicate wanderers) (from Homeward: Songs by the Way) - F. Hart
Still as the holy of holies breathes the vast (from Homeward: Songs by the Way)
F. Hart: Dawn

The awakening (Well it is gone now ) (from The Earth Breath and Other Poems) - F. Hart
The children were shouting together (from The Divine Vision and Other Poems)
E. Bainton, J. Coulthard, P. Glanville-Hicks, F. Hart, G. Bantock: Frolic

The dream (I woke to find my pillow wet ) - F. Hart
The gift (I thought, beloved, to have brought to you) (from The Earth Breath and Other Poems) - F. Hart
The great breath (Its edges foamed with amethyst and rose) (from Homeward: Songs by the Way) - F. Hart, S. Dillon
The hero first thought it to him 'twas a deed (from Homeward: Songs by the Way)
F. Hart: Truth

The last hero (We laid him to rest with tenderness) - F. Hart
The lights shone down the street
F. Hart: Awakening

The lonely (Lone and forgotten) (from Voices of the Stones) - J. Edmunds [x] *
The Mid-World (This is the red, red region) (from The Earth Breath and Other Poems) - F. Hart
The might that shaped itself through storm and stress (from Homeward: Songs by the Way)
F. Hart: Echoes

The mountaineer (Oh, at the eagle's height) (from The Earth Breath and Other Poems) - F. Hart
The pain of earth (Does the earth grow grey with grief) (from Homeward: Songs by the Way) - F. Hart
The sea was hoary, hoary (from The Earth Breath and Other Poems)
F. Hart: The voice of the sea

The sweetest song was ever sung
F. Hart: Momentary

The unknown god (Far up the dim twilight fluttered) (from Homeward: Songs by the Way) - F. Hart, G. Read
The Veils of Maya (Mother, with whom our lives should be) (from Homeward: Songs by the Way) - F. Hart
The vesture of the soul (I pitied one whose tattered dress) (from Homeward: Songs by the Way) - F. Hart
The voice of the sea (The sea was hoary, hoary) (from The Earth Breath and Other Poems) - F. Hart
The winds, the stars, and the skies though wrought
F. Hart: Unconscious

This is the red, red region (from The Earth Breath and Other Poems)
F. Hart: The Mid-World

Those delicate wanderers (from Homeward: Songs by the Way)
F. Hart: Sacrifice

Though your eyes with tears were blind (from The Earth Breath and Other Poems)
F. Hart, A. Bax: A leader

Truth (The hero first thought it to him 'twas a deed) (from Homeward: Songs by the Way) - F. Hart
Twilight, a timid fawn, went glimmering by (from The Divine Vision and Other Poems)
F. Hart: Refuge

Unconscious (The winds, the stars, and the skies though wrought) - F. Hart
Waiting (When the dawn comes forth I wonder) (from Homeward: Songs by the Way) - F. Hart
Was it because the Easter Time (Was it because the Easter time) - B. Boydell
Was it because the Easter time
B. Boydell: Was it because the Easter Time

We are tired who follow after (from Homeward: Songs by the Way)
F. Hart: Natural magic

We laid him to rest with tenderness
F. Hart: The last hero

Well it is gone now (from The Earth Breath and Other Poems)
F. Hart: The awakening

What call may draw thee back again (from The Divine Vision and Other Poems)
F. Hart: Recall

What is the love of shadowy lips (from The Earth Breath and Other Poems)
F. Hart: Illusion

When (When mine hour is come let no teardrop fall) - S. Dillon, F. Hart
When mine hour is come let no teardrop fall
S. Dillon, F. Hart: When

When the dawn comes forth I wonder (from Homeward: Songs by the Way)
F. Hart: Waiting

Winter (A diamond glow of winter o'er the world) (from The Earth Breath and Other Poems) - F. Hart
With Thee a moment! Then what dreams have play! (from Homeward: Songs by the Way)
F. Hart: Desire

You and I have found the secret way
F. Hart: Affinity

You look at me with wan, bright eyes
F. Hart: Mistrust

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