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Five rondels
Song Cycle by Norman Houston O'Neill (1875 - 1934)
1. Rondeau
Language: English
2. The lilacs are in bloom  [sung text not yet checked]
Language: English
The lilacs are in bloom, All is that ever was, And Cupids peep and pass Through the curtains of the room. Season of light perfume, Hide all beneath thy grass. The lilacs are in bloom, All is that ever was. Dead hopes new shapes assume ; Town belle and country lass Forget the word "Alas," For over every tomb The lilacs are in bloom.
Authorship:
- by George Moore (1852 - 1913), no title
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First published in Mayfair Magazine, May 1884Researcher for this page: Ferdinando Albeggiani
3. The lovely isle
Language: English
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4. A Roundel of Rest  [sung text not yet checked]
Language: English
The peace of a wandering sky, Silence, only the cry Of the crickets, suddenly still, A bee on the window sill, A bird's wing, rushing and soft, Three flails that tramp in the loft, Summer murmuring Some sweet, slumberous thing, Half asleep; but thou cease, Heart, to hunger for peace, Or, if thou must find rest, Cease to beat in my breast.
Authorship:
- by Arthur Symons (1865 - 1945), "Rest", appears in Poems of Arthur Symons, Volume 2, in The Loom of Dreams, first published 1914
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Researcher for this page: Ted Perry5. With strawberries  [sung text not yet checked]
Language: English
With strawberries we filled a tray, And then we drove away, away Along the links beside the sea, Where wave and wind were light and free, And August felt as fresh as May. And where the springy turf was gay With thyme and balm and many a spray Of wild roses, you tempted me With strawberries. A shadowy sail, silent and gray, Stole like a ghost across the bay; But none could hear me ask my fee, And none could know what came to be. Can sweethearts all their thirst allay With strawberries?
Authorship:
- by William Ernest Henley (1849 - 1903), no title, appears in A Book of Verses, first published 1888
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Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]Total word count: 219