A churchyard by a roadside bend
Language: English
A churchyard by a roadside bend, Forgotten and unkept, Bestrewn with gravestones, end to end, Where stricken hearts have wept. The scarlet of the gallant dead Though hid beneath the turf, Is born again in poppies red That nod towards the surf. O little silent waiting place That looks towards the sea, Within your crowded little space, Lies all that's dear to me.
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The poem indicates Valetta at the end.Text Authorship:
- by Eric Thirkell Cooper , "Lines to a garrison churchyard", appears in Soliloquies of a Subaltern : Somewhere in France, first published 1915 [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 John (Nicholson) Ireland (1879 - 1962), "A garrison churchyard", 1916. [voice and piano] [text not verified]
- by Cyril Meir Scott (1879 - 1970), "A garrison churchyard", 1916. [voice and piano] [text not verified]
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This text was added to the website: 2010-05-02
Line count: 12
Word count: 63