by Alfred Edward Housman (1859 - 1936)
My dreams are of a field afar
Language: English
My dreams are of a field afar And blood and smoke and shot. There in their graves my comrades are, In my grave I am not. I too was taught the trade of man And spelt the lesson plain; But they, when I forgot and ran, Remembered and remain.
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Authorship:
- by Alfred Edward Housman (1859 - 1936), no title, appears in More Poems, no. 39, first published 1936 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Ernst Bacon (1898 - 1990), "The trade of man", 1960-70. [text not verified]
- by John Ramsden Williamson (1929 - 2015), "My dreams are of a field afar" [baritone and piano] [text not verified]
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This text was added to the website: 2008-12-13
Line count: 8
Word count: 49