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Author: Algernon Charles Swinburne (1837-1909)
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 A baby's epitaph (April made me: winter laid me here away asleep) (from Poems and Ballads, Third Series) - J. Densmore
A Baby's feet, like sea-shells pink (from A Century of Roundels) E. Freer: Étude réaliste
A Ballad of Dreamland (I hid my heart in a nest of roses) - A. Fitzgerald
A cycle of roundels - R. Boughton [x]
A day, a night (For a day and a night Love sang to us, played with us) (from Poems and Ballads, Second Series) - V. Harris
A Dialogue (Death, if thou wilt, fain would I plead with thee) - H. King
A leave-taking (Let us go hence, my songs; she will not hear) - A. Ribári
A Lyke-Wake Song (Fair of face, full of pride
) (from Lesbia Brandon) - J. Lang-Hyde
A marching song (We mix from many lands) (from Songs Before Sunrise) - W. Webber
A match (If love were what the rose is) (from Poems and Ballads) - C. Rogers
A roundel is wrought (A roundel is wrought as a ring or a sphere) (from A Century of Roundels) - L. Smith
A roundel is wrought as a ring or a sphere (from A Century of Roundels) L. Smith: A roundel is wrought
Across and along, as the bay's breadth opens, and o'er us (from A Century of Roundels - In Guernsey)
Age and Song: To Barry Cornwall (In vain men tell us time can alter
) (from Poems and Ballads, Second Series) J. Lang-Hyde: In vain men tell us time can alter
An interlude (In the greenest growth of the Maytime) (from Poems and Ballads) - L. Ronald
April made me: winter laid me here away asleep (from Poems and Ballads, Third Series) J. Densmore: A baby's epitaph
April's lady (If love were what the rose is) (from Poems and Ballads) - M. White
As I loved thee - J. Blumenthal [x]
Ask nothing more (Ask nothing more of me, sweet) (from Songs Before Sunrise) - F. Cowen, C. Deis, T. Marzials
Ask nothing more of me, sweet (from Songs Before Sunrise) B. Crist: Love's offering
F. Cowen, C. Deis, T. Marzials: Ask nothing more
H. Brown, K. Rathaus, H. Ware: The oblation
At parting (For a day and a night Love sang to us, played with us) (from Poems and Ballads, Second Series) N. O'Neill: Before dawn
R. Farley: For a day and a night
V. Harris: A day, a night
Ave atque vale (Shall I strew on thee rose or rue or laurel) - R. Robbins
Ave atque vale (In Memory of Charles Baudelaire) (Shall I strew on thee rose or rue or laurel
) - M. Gideon
Baby, baby bright (from A Midsummer Holiday and Other Poems - Cradle songs) L. Smith: Cradle song
Baby, baby sweet (from A Midsummer Holiday and Other Poems - Cradle songs) J. Diack: Baby sweet
Baby, see the flowers! (from Poems and Ballads, Third Series) R. Boughton: In a garden
Baby sweet (Baby, baby sweet) (from A Midsummer Holiday and Other Poems - Cradle songs) - J. Diack
Baby-Bird (Baby-bird, baby-bird) (from Poems and Ballads, Third Series) - R. Boughton, J. Lang-Hyde
Baby-bird, baby-bird (from Poems and Ballads, Third Series) R. Boughton, J. Lang-Hyde: Baby-Bird
Ballad of Dreamland (I hid my heart in a nest of roses) - L. Smith
Before dawn (For a day and a night Love sang to us, played with us) (from Poems and Ballads, Second Series) - N. O'Neill
Beloved and blest (Beloved and blest, lit warm with love and fame) (from A Century of Roundels - In Guernsey) - L. Smith
Beloved and blest, lit warm with love and fame (from A Century of Roundels - In Guernsey) L. Smith: Beloved and blest
But now life's face beholden (from A Century of Roundels) J. Lang-Hyde: Change
Butterflies (Fly, white butterflies, out to sea) (from A Century of Roundels) - F. Corbett
By mere men's hands the flame was lit, we know (from A Century of Roundels - In Guernsey)
Change (But now life's face beholden) (from A Century of Roundels) - J. Lang-Hyde
Child, were you kinless and lonely (Child, were you kinless and lonely
) (from Tristram of Lyonesse and Other Poems - A Dark Month) - J. Lang-Hyde
Child, were you kinless and lonely
(from Tristram of Lyonesse and Other Poems - A Dark Month) J. Lang-Hyde: Child, were you kinless and lonely
Cradle song (Baby, baby bright) (from A Midsummer Holiday and Other Poems - Cradle songs) - L. Smith
Cradle song - M. Herbert [x]
Death, if thou wilt, fain would I plead with thee H. King: A Dialogue
Die Wellen tragen vom Lande fort mein Schiff und schlagen um seinen Bord (Text: after Algernon Charles Swinburne) [x] F. Holstein: Seefahrt
East to West (Sunset smiles on sunrise: east and west are one) (from Astrophel and Other Poems) C. Stanford: From East to West
Elegy (Stately, kindly, lordly friend) - P. Dickinson
England (Sea and strand, and a lordlier land than sea-tides rolling and rising sun) (from Astrophel and Other Poems) - E. MacMillan
England: An Ode (Sea and strand, and a lordlier land than sea-tides rolling and rising sun) (from Astrophel and Other Poems) E. MacMillan: England
Entreaty - O. Fox [x]
Envoi (Fly, white butterflies, out to sea) (from A Century of Roundels) - J. Lang-Hyde
Eton (Four hundred summers and fifty have shone on the meadows of Thames and died) (from Astrophel and Other Poems) - C. Parry
Eton: an Ode (Four hundred summers and fifty have shone on the meadows of Thames and died) (from Astrophel and Other Poems) C. Parry: Eton
Étude réaliste (A Baby's feet, like sea-shells pink) (from A Century of Roundels) - E. Freer
Fair of face, full of pride
(from Lesbia Brandon) J. Lang-Hyde: A Lyke-Wake Song
Far off is the sea, and the land is afar (from Poems and Ballads, Third Series) J. Bailey: Neap-Tide
Félise (What shall be said between us here
) (from Poems and Ballads) H. Hadley: Song from 'Felice'
B. Crist: Like April's kissing May
Fly, white butterflies, out to sea (Fly, white butterflies, out to sea) (from A Century of Roundels) - J. Rogers
Fly, white butterflies, out to sea (from A Century of Roundels) F. Corbett: Butterflies
K. Bray, R. Cole, M. Lang: White butterflies
J. Rogers: Fly, white butterflies, out to sea
J. Lang-Hyde: Envoi
For a day and a night (For a day and a night Love sang to us, played with us) (from Poems and Ballads, Second Series) - R. Farley
For a day and a night Love sang to us, played with us (from Poems and Ballads, Second Series) N. O'Neill: Before dawn
R. Farley: For a day and a night
V. Harris: A day, a night
Four hundred summers and fifty have shone on the meadows of Thames and died (from Astrophel and Other Poems) C. Parry: Eton
From East to West (Sunset smiles on sunrise: east and west are one) (from Astrophel and Other Poems) - C. Stanford
Garden of Proserpine (Here, where the world is quiet) (from Poems and Ballads) - F. Lesemann, R. Vaughan Williams
Goodnight and goodbye to the life whose signs denote us (from A Century of Roundels) J. Rogers: In harbour
Here, where the world is quiet (Here, where the world is quiet) (from Poems and Ballads) - I. Walsworth
Here, where the world is quiet (from Poems and Ballads) C. Paston-Cooper: We are not sure of sorrow
F. Lesemann, R. Vaughan Williams: Garden of Proserpine
I. Walsworth: Here, where the world is quiet
Hymn before sunrise - P. Miles [x]
Hymn of Man (In the grey beginning of years, in the twilight of things that began) (from Songs Before Sunrise) E. Lutyens: The Hymn of Man
I hid my heart in a nest of roses L. Smith: Ballad of Dreamland
A. Fitzgerald: A Ballad of Dreamland
If (If love were what the rose is) (from Poems and Ballads) - C. Pinsuti
If love were like the Tune (If love were what the rose is) (from Poems and Ballads) - C. Olmstead
If love were what the rose is (If love were what the rose is) (from Poems and Ballads) - P. Ambrose, R. Billin, F. Cowen, H. Hadley, V. Herbert, A. MacKenzie, W. Russell, C. Stebbins
If love were what the rose is (from Poems and Ballads) C. Pinsuti: If
F. Moore: Joy
M. White: April's lady
C. Rogers: A match
C. Olmstead: If love were like the Tune
S. Barab: If Love were what the Rose is
P. Ambrose, R. Billin, F. Cowen, H. Hadley, V. Herbert, A. MacKenzie, W. Russell, C. Stebbins: If love were what the rose is
In a garden (Baby, see the flowers!) (from Poems and Ballads, Third Series) - R. Boughton
In church (Thou whose birth on earth) (from Songs Before Sunrise - Christmas Antiphones) W. Pasfield: Thou whose birth on earth
J. Roff: This day born again
In harbour (Goodnight and goodbye to the life whose signs denote us) (from A Century of Roundels) - J. Rogers
In the greenest growth of the Maytime (from Poems and Ballads) L. Ronald: An interlude
In the grey beginning of years, in the twilight of things that began (from Songs Before Sunrise) E. Lutyens: The Hymn of Man
In the orchard (Leave go my hands, let me catch breath and see) (from Poems and Ballads) - A. Fitzgerald
In vain men tell us time can alter (In vain men tell us time can alter
) (from Poems and Ballads, Second Series) - J. Lang-Hyde
In vain men tell us time can alter
(from Poems and Ballads, Second Series) J. Lang-Hyde: In vain men tell us time can alter
It's a' for the love of thee (There's nae lark loves the lift, my dear) (from The Sisters) - H. Bartlett
Joy (If love were what the rose is) (from Poems and Ballads) - F. Moore
Joy came with the day (Love laid his sleepless head) - F. Barbour
Kissing her hair I sat against her feet (Kissing her hair I sat against her feet) (from Poems and Ballads) - A. Bergh
Kissing her hair I sat against her feet (from Poems and Ballads) R. Vaughan Williams: Rondel
A. Bergh: Kissing her hair I sat against her feet
Le navire est a l'eau
(from Chastelard, a Tragedy) F. Tosti: Vieille chanson
Le navire passe et luit
(from Chastelard, a Tragedy) F. Tosti: Vieille chanson
Leave go my hands, let me catch breath and see (from Poems and Ballads) A. Fitzgerald: In the orchard
Let us go hence, my songs; she will not hear A. Ribári: A leave-taking
Like April's kissing May (What shall be said between us here
) (from Poems and Ballads) - B. Crist
Looking on a page where stood
(from Tristram of Lyonesse and Other Poems) J. Lang-Hyde: What is Death?
Love laid his sleepless head (Love laid his sleepless head) - V. Herbert, A. Sullivan
Love laid his sleepless head V. Herbert, A. Sullivan: Love laid his sleepless head
H. Crossley, W. Walton: Song
F. Barbour: Joy came with the day
Love's offering (Ask nothing more of me, sweet) (from Songs Before Sunrise) - B. Crist
Mabel's Song (There's nae lark loves the lift, my dear) (from The Sisters) - F. Allitsen
Mourning on Earth (Mourning on earth, as when dark hours descend) (from A Century of Roundels) - J. Lang-Hyde
Mourning on earth, as when dark hours descend (from A Century of Roundels) J. Lang-Hyde: Mourning on Earth
Music: An Ode (Was it light that spake from the darkness) - C. Wood
My mother sea (My mother sea, my fostress, what new strand) (from A Century of Roundels - In Guernsey) - L. Smith
My mother sea, my fostress, what new strand (from A Century of Roundels - In Guernsey) L. Smith: My mother sea
Neap-Tide (Far off is the sea, and the land is afar) (from Poems and Ballads, Third Series) - J. Bailey
Night (Night, in utmost noon forlorn and strong, with heart athirst and fasting) (from A Century of Roundels - In Guernsey) - L. Smith
Night (Night, whom in shape so sweet thou here may'st see
) (from Poems and Ballads, Third Series) - J. Lang-Hyde, D. Stewart RUS GER FRE
Night, in utmost noon forlorn and strong, with heart athirst and fasting (from A Century of Roundels - In Guernsey) L. Smith: Night
Night, whom in shape so sweet thou here may'st see
(from Poems and Ballads, Third Series) RUS GER FRE J. Lang-Hyde, D. Stewart: Night
Now all strange hours and all strange loves are over M. Gideon: Ave atque vale (In Memory of Charles Baudelaire)
O lips that mine have grown into (from Poems and Ballads) H. Hadley: Song from 'Felice'
B. Crist: Like April's kissing May
O weary fa' the east wind
(from Lesbia Brandon) W. Walton, F. Hart, J. Lang-Hyde: The winds
Ode to Music (Was it light that spake from the darkness) - W. Duncan
On Dante's Track (On Dante's track by some funereal spell) (from A Century of Roundels - In Guernsey) - L. Smith
On Dante's track by some funereal spell (from A Century of Roundels - In Guernsey) L. Smith: On Dante's Track
Out of hell a word comes hissing
J. Lang-Hyde: Russia
Out of sight (Out of sight,/ out of mind!) (from Tristram of Lyonesse and Other Poems - A Dark Month) - J. Lang-Hyde
Out of sight,/ out of mind! (from Tristram of Lyonesse and Other Poems - A Dark Month) J. Lang-Hyde: Out of sight
Questions - M. Plumstead [x]
Rondel (The little eyes that never knew) (from A Century of Roundels - A Baby's Death) - E. Elgar
Rondel (Kissing her hair I sat against her feet) (from Poems and Ballads) - R. Vaughan Williams
Rondel - P. Atherton [x]
Rondel - L. Levy [x]
Rondel - G. Williams [x]
Russia (Out of hell a word comes hissing
) - J. Lang-Hyde
Russia: An Ode (Out of hell a word comes hissing
) J. Lang-Hyde: Russia
Saved - J. Blumenthal [x]
Sea and strand, and a lordlier land than sea-tides rolling and rising sun (from Astrophel and Other Poems) E. MacMillan: England
Seefahrt (Die Wellen tragen vom Lande fort mein Schiff und schlagen um seinen Bord) - F. Holstein (Text: after Algernon Charles Swinburne) [x]
Shall I strew on thee rose or rue or laurel R. Robbins: Ave atque vale
Shall I strew on thee rose or rue or laurel
M. Gideon: Ave atque vale (In Memory of Charles Baudelaire)
Song (Love laid his sleepless head) - H. Crossley, W. Walton
Song from 'Felice' (What shall be said between us here
) (from Poems and Ballads) - H. Hadley
Stately, kindly, lordly friend P. Dickinson: Elegy
R. Gipps: The cat
Sunset smiles on sunrise: east and west are one (from Astrophel and Other Poems) C. Stanford: From East to West
The bride's tragedy (The wind wears roun', the day wears doun
) (from Poems and Ballads, Third Series) - P. Grainger
The cat (Stately, kindly, lordly friend) - R. Gipps
The Death of Richard Wagner (Mourning on earth, as when dark hours descend) (from A Century of Roundels) J. Lang-Hyde: Mourning on Earth
The heavenly bay (The heavenly bay, ringed round with cliffs and moors) (from A Century of Roundels - In Guernsey) - L. Smith
The heavenly bay, ringed round with cliffs and moors (from A Century of Roundels - In Guernsey) L. Smith: The heavenly bay
The house accurst, with cursing sealed and signed (from A Century of Roundels - In Guernsey)
The Hymn of Man (In the grey beginning of years, in the twilight of things that began) (from Songs Before Sunrise) - E. Lutyens
The incarnate sun (The incarnate sun, a tall strong youth) (from Tristram of Lyonesse and Other Poems - A Dark Month) - J. Lang-Hyde
The incarnate sun, a tall strong youth (from Tristram of Lyonesse and Other Poems - A Dark Month) J. Lang-Hyde: The incarnate sun
The little eyes that never knew (from A Century of Roundels - A Baby's Death) E. Elgar: Rondel
The oblation (Ask nothing more of me, sweet) (from Songs Before Sunrise) - H. Brown, K. Rathaus, H. Ware
The roundel (A roundel is wrought as a ring or a sphere) (from A Century of Roundels) L. Smith: A roundel is wrought
The wind wears roun', the day wears doun
(from Poems and Ballads, Third Series) P. Grainger: The bride's tragedy
The winds (O weary fa' the east wind
) (from Lesbia Brandon) - W. Walton, F. Hart, J. Lang-Hyde
There's nae lark loves the lift, my dear (from The Sisters) F. Allitsen: Mabel's Song
H. Bartlett: It's a' for the love of thee
Thirty-one pale maidens (Thirty-one pale maidens, clad
) (from Tristram of Lyonesse and Other Poems - A Dark Month) - J. Lang-Hyde
Thirty-one pale maidens, clad
(from Tristram of Lyonesse and Other Poems - A Dark Month) J. Lang-Hyde: Thirty-one pale maidens
This day born again (Thou whose birth on earth) (from Songs Before Sunrise - Christmas Antiphones) - J. Roff
Thou whose birth on earth (Thou whose birth on earth) (from Songs Before Sunrise - Christmas Antiphones) - W. Pasfield
Thou whose birth on earth (from Songs Before Sunrise - Christmas Antiphones) W. Pasfield: Thou whose birth on earth
J. Roff: This day born again
To a cat (Stately, kindly, lordly friend) P. Dickinson: Elegy
R. Gipps: The cat
Vieille chanson (Le navire passe et luit
) (from Chastelard, a Tragedy) - F. Tosti
Wake! for night is dead (We mix from many lands) (from Songs Before Sunrise) - C. Deis
Was it light that spake from the darkness C. Wood: Music: An Ode
W. Duncan: Ode to Music
Wasted love (What shall be done for sorrow) (from A Century of Roundels) - J. Lang-Hyde
We are not sure of sorrow (Here, where the world is quiet) (from Poems and Ballads) - C. Paston-Cooper
We mix from many lands (from Songs Before Sunrise) C. Deis: Wake! for night is dead
W. Webber: A marching song
What is Death? (Looking on a page where stood
) (from Tristram of Lyonesse and Other Poems) - J. Lang-Hyde
What shall be done for sorrow (from A Century of Roundels) J. Lang-Hyde: Wasted love
What shall be said between us here
(from Poems and Ballads) H. Hadley: Song from 'Felice'
B. Crist: Like April's kissing May
When the hounds of spring are on winter's traces (When the hounds of spring are on winter's traces
) (from Atalanta in Calydon) - D. Droste
When the hounds of spring are on winter's traces
(from Atalanta in Calydon) D. Droste: When the hounds of spring are on winter's traces
White butterflies (Fly, white butterflies, out to sea) (from A Century of Roundels) - K. Bray, R. Cole, M. Lang
Whiter and whiter (Whiter and whiter) (from Tristram of Lyonesse and Other Poems - A Dark Month) - J. Lang-Hyde
Whiter and whiter (from Tristram of Lyonesse and Other Poems - A Dark Month) J. Lang-Hyde: Whiter and whiter
Withered roses - C. Johns [x]
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