Three Songs for Jennie

Song Cycle by Howard Skempton (b. 1947)

1. The Triumph of Love LIII
 (Sung text)

Language: English 
But leave it now, leave it; as you left
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Text Authorship:

  • by Geoffrey Hill (1932 - 2016), "The Triumph of Love LIII", copyright © 1998

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2. The Syllables of Summer Birds
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Language: English 
I lie as if five fathom drowned
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Text Authorship:

  • by Molly Holden (1927 - 1981), "The Syllables of Summer Birds", copyright ©

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3. From far, from eve and morning
 (Sung text)

Language: English 
From far, from eve and morning
And yon twelve-winded sky,
The stuff of life to knit me
Blew hither: here am I.

Now - for a breath I tarry
Nor yet disperse apart - 
Take my hand quick and tell me,
What have you in your heart.

Speak now, and I will answer;
How shall I help you, say;
Ere to the wind's twelve quarters
I take my endless way.

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