O now the crimson east, its fire-streak burning, Tempts me to wander 'neath the blushing morn, Winding the zig-zag lane, turning and turning, As winds the crooked fence's wilder'd thorn. Where is the eye can gaze upon the blushes, Unmov'd, with which yon cloudless heaven flushes? I cannot pass the very bramble, weeping 'Neath dewy tear-drops that its spears surround, Like harlot's mockery on the wan cheek creeping, Gilding the poison that is meant to wound; - I cannot pass the bent, ere gales have shaken Its transient crowning off, each point adorning, - But all the feelings of my soul awaken, To own the witcheries of most lovely Morning.
Carmina Laeta (1967)
Song Cycle by Richard Roderick-Jones (b. 1947)
?. Morning  [sung text not yet checked]
Language: English
Authorship:
- by John Clare (1793 - 1864), "Morning", appears in The Village Minstrel, and Other Poems, first published 1821
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Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]?. To the Rural Muse  [sung text not yet checked]
Language: English
Simple enchantress! wreath'd in summer blooms Of slender bent-stalks topt with feathery down, Heath's creeping vetch, and glaring yellow brooms, With ash-keys wavering on thy rushy crown; Simple enchantress! how I've woo'd thy smiles, How often sought thee far from flush'd renown; Sought thee unseen where fountain-waters fell; Touch'd thy wild reed unheard, in weary toils; And though my heavy hand thy song defiles, 'Tis hard to leave thee, and to bid farewel. Simple enchantress! ah, from all renown, Far off, my soul hath warm'd in bliss to see The varied figures on thy summer-gown, That nature's finger works so 'witchingly; The colour'd flower, the silken leaves that crown Green nestling bower-bush and high towering tree; Brooks of the sunny green and shady dell: Ah, sweet full many a time they've been to me; And though my weak song faulters, sung to thee, I cannot, wild enchantress, bid farewel. Still must I seek thee, though I wind the brook When morning sunbeams o'er the waters glide, And trace thy footsteps in the lonely nook As evening moists the daisy by thy side; Ah, though I woo thee on thy bed of thyme, - If courting thee be deem'd ambition's pride, It is so passing sweet with thee to dwell - If love for thee in clowns be call'd a crime, Forgive presumption, O thou queen of rhyme! I've lov'd thee long, I cannot bid farewel.
Authorship:
- by John Clare (1793 - 1864), "To the Rural Muse", appears in The Village Minstrel, and Other Poems, first published 1821
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