Five rondels

Song Cycle by Norman Houston O'Neill (1875 - 1934)

1. Rondeau

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2. The lilacs are in bloom  [sung text not yet checked]

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The lilacs are in bloom,
All is that ever was,
And Cupids peep and pass
Through the curtains of the room.
 
Season of light perfume,
Hide all beneath thy grass.
The lilacs are in bloom,
All is that ever was.
 
Dead hopes new shapes assume ;
Town belle and country lass
Forget the word "Alas,"
For over every tomb
The lilacs are in bloom.

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First published in Mayfair Magazine, May 1884

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3. The lovely isle

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4. A Roundel of Rest  [sung text not yet checked]

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The peace of a wandering sky,
Silence, only the cry
Of the crickets, suddenly still,
A bee on the window sill,
A bird's wing, rushing and soft,
Three flails that tramp in the loft,
Summer murmuring
Some sweet, slumberous thing,
Half asleep; but thou cease,
Heart, to hunger for peace,
Or, if thou must find rest,
Cease to beat in my breast.

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5. With strawberries  [sung text not yet checked]

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With strawberries we filled a tray,
And then we drove away, away
Along the links beside the sea,
Where wave and wind were light and free,
And August felt as fresh as May.

And where the springy turf was gay
With thyme and balm and many a spray
Of wild roses, you tempted me
With strawberries.

A shadowy sail, silent and gray,
Stole like a ghost across the bay;
But none could hear me ask my fee,
And none could know what came to be.
Can sweethearts all their thirst allay
With strawberries?

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Total word count: 218