As I lay in the early sun, Stretched in the grass, I thought upon My true love, my dear love, Who has my heart forever Who is my happiness when we meet, My sorrow when we sever. She is all fire when I do burn, Gentle when I moody turn, Brave when I am sad and heavy And all laughter when I am merry. And so I lay and dreamed and dreamed, And so the day wheeled on, While all the birds with thoughts like mine Were singing to the sun.
Songs with Piano
by Cecil Armstrong Gibbs (1889 - 1960)
1. As I lay in the early sun  [sung text not yet checked]
Language: English
Text Authorship:
- by Edward Shanks (1892 - 1953), "Song", appears in The Queen of China and Other Poems, first published 1919
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Language: English
The fields are full of summer still And breathe again upon the air From brown dry side of hedge and hill More sweetness than the sense can bear. So some old couple, who in youth With love were filled and over-full, And loved with strength and loved with truth, In heavy age are beautiful.
Text Authorship:
- by Edward Shanks (1892 - 1953), "The fields are full", appears in The Queen of China and Other Poems, first published 1919
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Language: English
Let us remember how we came To Fletching in the trees, Where stood the high and misty down Between us and the seas. Let us remember how we crossed Ouse, Adur, Arun, three Slight rivers rolling in their broad Green valleys to the sea. Let us remember most of all When this bright air no more We breathe, what young and morning oaths On the high hills we swore.
Text Authorship:
- by Edward Shanks (1892 - 1953), "For remembrance", appears in The Queen of China and Other Poems, first published 1919
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