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Two Songs

Song Cycle by William Denis Browne (1888 - 1915)

1. Move eastward, happy earth  [sung text not yet checked]

Language: English 
Move eastward, happy earth, and leave 
Yon orange sunset waning slow: 
From fringes of the faded eve, 
O, happy planet, eastward go: 
Till over thy dark shoulder glow 
Thy silver sister world, and rise 
To glass herself in dewey eyes 
That watch me from the glen below. 

Ah, bear me with thee, lightly borne, 
Dip forward under starry light, 
And move me to my marriage-morn, 
And round again to happy night. 

Text Authorship:

  • by Alfred Tennyson, Lord (1809 - 1892), "Move eastward, happy earth"

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2. The snowdrop  [sung text not yet checked]

Language: English 
Many, many welcomes,
February fair-maid!
Ever as of old time,
Solitary firstling,
Coming in the cold time,
Prophet of the gay time,
Prophet of the May time,
Prophet of the roses,
Many, many welcomes,
February fair-maid!

Text Authorship:

  • by Alfred Tennyson, Lord (1809 - 1892), "The snowdrop", appears in Demeter and Other Poems

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Total word count: 107
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