I say "I'll seek her side Ere hindrance interposes;" But eve in midnight closes And here I still abide. When darkness wears I see Her sad eyes in a vision: They ask, "What indecision Detains you, Love, from me? - "The creaking hinge is oiled, I have unbarred the backway, But you tread not the trackway And shall the thing be spoiled? "Far cockcrows echo shrill, The shadows are abating, And I am waiting, waiting; But O, you tarry still."
Oh fair to see
Song Cycle by Gerald Finzi (1901 - 1956)
Word count: 551
1. I say I'll seek her [sung text checked 1 time]
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- by Thomas Hardy (1840 - 1928), "I say I'll seek her", appears in Time's Laughingstocks and Other Verses, first published 1909 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
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Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]2. Oh, fair to see [sung text checked 1 time]
Oh, fair to see [Blossom-laden]1 cherry tree, Arrayed in sunny white; An April day's delight, Oh, fair to see! Oh, fair to see Fruit-laden cherry tree, With balls of shining red Decking a leafy head, Oh, fair to see!
Authorship
- by Christina Georgina Rossetti (1830 - 1894), no title, appears in Sing-song: a nursery rhyme book, first published 1872 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
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3. As I lay in the early sun [sung text not yet checked]
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.
Authorship
- by Edward Shanks (1892 - 1953), "Song", appears in The Queen of China and Other Poems, first published 1919 [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]
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Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]4. Only the wanderer [sung text checked 1 time]
Only the wanderer Knows England's graces, Or can anew see clear Familiar faces. And who loves joy as he That dwells in shadows? Do not forget me quite, O Severn meadows.
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- by Ivor (Bertie) Gurney (1890 - 1937), "Severn Meadows" [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
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Researcher for this text: Ted Perry5. To joy [sung text checked 1 time]
Is not this enough for moan [ ... ]
Authorship
- by Edmund Charles Blunden (1896 - 1974), "To joy", appears in To Nature, first published 1923, copyright © [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]
6. Harvest [sung text checked 1 time]
So there's my year, the twelvemonth duly told [ ... ]
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- by Edmund Charles Blunden (1896 - 1974), appears in English Poems, first published 1925, copyright © [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]
7. Since we loved [sung text checked 1 time]
Since we loved, - (the earth that shook As we kissed, fresh beauty took) - Love hath been as poets paint, Life as heaven is to a saint; All my joys my hope excel, All my work hath prosper'd well, All my songs have happy been, O my love, my life, my queen.
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- by Robert Seymour Bridges (1844 - 1930), no title, appears in Poetical Works of Robert Bridges, Volume II, first published 1899 [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]