by John Clare (1793 - 1864)
Destroying Beauty
Language: English
troubling the cornfields with destroying beauty; the different greens of the woodland trees, the dark oak, the paler ash, the mellow lime, the white poplars peeping above the rest like leafy steeples, the grey willow shining chilly in the sun, as if the morning mist still lingered on its cool green. . .
Text Authorship:
- by John Clare (1793 - 1864) [author's text not yet checked 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 Tansy Davies (b. 1973), "Destroying Beauty", 2008, first performed 2009 [ soprano and piano ], Faber Music
Score: Faber Music [external link] [sung text checked 1 time]
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This text was added to the website: 2025-11-05
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