Texts by R. Graves set in Art Songs and Choral Works

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Robert Graves (1895 - 1985)

John Doyle [pseudonym]

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Texts set in art song or choral works (not necessarily comprehensive):

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A Dead Boche (To you who'd read my songs of War) (from Goliath and David) - E. McElroy
A frosty night () - B. Burrows [x] *
A last poem (A last song, and a very last, and yet another) (from Man Does, Woman Is) *
A last song, and a very last, and yet another (from Man Does, Woman Is) - S. Barber (A last poem) *
A last song (A last song, and a very last, and yet another) (from Man Does, Woman Is) - S. Barber *
Allie, call the birds in (from Country Sentiment) - G. Crosse, B. Holmes, F. Swain (Allie)
Allie (Allie, call the birds in) (from Country Sentiment) - G. Crosse, B. Holmes, F. Swain
And have we done with War at last? (from Fairies and Fusiliers) - E. McElroy (Two Fusiliers)
A perverse habit of cat-goddesses - P. Wishart (Cat-Goddesses) [x] *
A phoenix flame (In my heart a phoenix flame) (from Man Does, Woman Is) - F. Swain [x] *
Apple Island () - E. Hugh-Jones [x] *
Apples and water (Dust in a cloud, blinding weather) (from Country Sentiment) - J. Addison
'Are you awake, Gemelli (from Over the Brazier) - I. Gurney, R. Vaughan Williams (Star-Talk)
At sunset, only to his true love (from Man Does, Woman Is) - P. Wishart (Bird of Paradise) [x] *
Be assured, the Dragon is not dead (from Collected Poems) - G. Crosse (Vanity) [x] *
Bird of Paradise (At sunset, only to his true love) (from Man Does, Woman Is) - P. Wishart [x] *
Brittle bones (Though I am an old man) (from Country Sentiment) - I. Gurney
Cat-Goddesses (A perverse habit of cat-goddesses) - P. Wishart [x] *
Children are dumb to say how hot the day is - G. Crosse (The cool web) [x] *
Children born of fairy stock (from Fairies and Fusiliers) - E. McElroy, N. Swift (I'd love to be a Fairy's child)
Christ, of his gentleness (from Over the Brazier) FRE (In the wilderness) - E. Bainton, S. Barber
Content in you - P. Wishart (New legends) [x] *
Counting the beats (You, love, and I) - L. Berkeley, J. Duke, B. Mather, N. Maw, H. Searle *
Death by Drums (If I cried out in anger against music) - L. Liebermann *
Despite and still (Have you not read) (from Poems 1938-1945) - S. Barber, D. Hagen *
Donne (for example's sake) (In procession) - P. Wishart
Dust in a cloud, blinding weather (from Country Sentiment) - J. Addison (Apples and water)
Dying sun, shine warm a little longer! (from The Golden Fleece) - M. Lauridsen, B. Mather (Lament for Pasiphaë) *
Edward back from the Indian Sea (from Country Sentiment) (Neglectful Edward) - R. Thackray
Fig tree in leaf () - R. Holloway [x] *
Flying crooked (The butterfly, the cabbage white) (from Poems 1926-1930) - I. Venables, P. Wishart *
Forget the rest: my heart is true - F. Swain (The leap) [x] *
Fragment () - H. Wood [x] *
Goodnight to the meadow; farewell to the nine o'clock Sun (from Country Sentiment - Nine o'clock) - I. Gurney
Goodnight to the meadow (Goodnight to the meadow; farewell to the nine o'clock Sun) (from Country Sentiment - Nine o'clock) - I. Gurney
Grass green and aspen green - P. Hattey (Green loving) [x] *
Green loving (Grass green and aspen green) [x] *
Gulp down your wine, old friends of mine (from Country Sentiment) - E. McElroy (Haunted)
Haunted (Gulp down your wine, old friends of mine) (from Country Sentiment) - E. McElroy
Have you not read the words in my head (from Poems 1938-1945) (Despite and still) - S. Barber, D. Hagen *
Have you not read (from Poems 1938-1945) - S. Barber, D. Hagen (Despite and still) *
Hawk and buckle (Where is the landlord of old Hawk and Buckle) - I. Gurney
Henry and Mary (Henry was a young king) - P. Wishart [x]
Henry, Henry, do you love me? (from Land and Water) - I. Gurney (Loving Henry)
Henry was a young king - P. Wishart [x]
He, of his gentleness (from Over the Brazier) FRE - E. Bainton, S. Barber (In the wilderness)
Here they lie who once learned here (from Country Sentiment) - E. McElroy (Here They Lie)
Here They Lie (Here they lie who once learned here) (from Country Sentiment) - E. McElroy
He Smiles Within His Cradle (He smiles within his cradle) - J. Raynor [x] *
He smiles within his cradle - H. Bielawa, B. Kelly, J. Raynor (The cradle) [x] *
His eyes are quickened so with grief (from Treasure Box) - B. Mather (Lost love)
Horizon (On a clear day how thin the horizon) - P. Hattey [x]
How hard the year dies: no frost yet - M. Lauridsen (Intercession in late October) *
I'd love to be a Fairy's child (Children born of fairy stock) (from Fairies and Fusiliers) - E. McElroy, N. Swift
If he asks, "Is now the time?" (from Poems 1965-68) - P. Hattey (Is now the time?) [x] *
If I cried out in anger against music - L. Liebermann *
In her only way (When her need for you dies) - K. Schoonenbeek *
In my heart a phoenix flame (from Man Does, Woman Is) - F. Swain (Song: A Phoenix Flame) [x] *
In procession (remainder of the book: I had no cold-blooded) - P. Wishart
Intercession in late October (How hard the year dies: no frost yet) - M. Lauridsen *
In the wilderness (He, of his gentleness) (from Over the Brazier) - E. Bainton, S. Barber FRE
Is now the time? (If he asks, "Is now the time?") (from Poems 1965-68) - P. Hattey [x] *
Labour in vain () - J. Holbrooke [x] *
Lament for Pasiphaë (Dying sun, shine warm a little longer!) (from The Golden Fleece) - M. Lauridsen, B. Mather *
Let me tell you the story (from Ten Poems More) - B. Britten, P. Hattey (Tail Piece: A Song to Make You and Me Laugh) [x] *
Lift boy (Let me tell you the story) (from Ten Poems More) - B. Britten, P. Hattey [x] *
Like snow (She, then, like snow in a dark night) - M. Lauridsen *
Looking by chance in at the open window - H. Wood (The foreboding) [x] *
Lost love (His eyes are quickened so with grief) (from Treasure Box) - B. Mather
Love is a universal migraine - S. Adler, H. Wood (Symptoms of love) [x] *
Loving Henry (Henry, Henry, do you love me?) (from Land and Water) - I. Gurney
Mid-winter waking (Stirring suddenly from long hibernation) - M. Lauridsen *
Mother: What's in that cupboard, Mary? - G. Finzi (The cupboard)
Nancy/ (from Country Sentiment) - R. Thackray (Neglectful Edward)
Near Martinpuisch that night of hell - H. Weisgall (The leveller)
Neglectful Edward (Nancy/) (from Country Sentiment) - R. Thackray
New legends (Content in you) - P. Wishart [x] *
Nine of the clock, oh! (from Country Sentiment - Nine o'clock) - I. Gurney
Nine of the clock (Nine of the clock, oh!) (from Country Sentiment - Nine o'clock) - I. Gurney
Not of father nor of mother - B. Mather (The Blodeuwedd of Gwion ap Gwreang) [x] *
Now that I love you (The mind's eye sees as the heart mirrors) - D. Hagen *
Often, half-way to sleep (In procession) - P. Wishart
Olive tree () - R. Holloway [x] *
O Love, be fed with apples (from Poems 1926-1930) - B. Mather (O love in me) [x] *
O love in me (O Love, be fed with apples) (from Poems 1926-1930) [x] *
On a clear day how thin the horizon - P. Hattey (Horizon) [x]
O sixteen hundred and ninety one (from More Poems 1961) - A. Blank, P. Hattey (Two witches) [x] *
Ouzo unclouded () - H. Wood [x] *
Pale at first and cold - B. Mather (The finding of love)
Philatelist Royal (The Philatelist Royal) (from Poems (1914-1927)) - P. Wishart [x] *
remainder of the book: I had no cold-blooded - P. Wishart (In procession)
Robbers' den (They have taken Sun from Woman) - R. Holloway *
Seldom yet now: the quality - H. Wood [x] *
Seldom yet now (Seldom yet now: the quality) - H. Wood [x] *
She tells her love while half asleep (She tells her love while half asleep) (from The Golden Fleece) - P. Hattey, L. Hoiby, M. Lauridsen, L. Liebermann, P. Wishart *
She tells her love (She tells her love while half asleep) (from The Golden Fleece) - P. Wishart *
She, then, like snow in a dark night - M. Lauridsen (Like snow) *
Sick love (O Love, be fed with apples) (from Poems 1926-1930) - B. Mather [x] *
Since now I dare not ask - P. Hattey (The sharp ridge) [x] *
Six badgers () - J. Jeffreys [x] *
Sleepy Betsy from her pillow - P. Wishart (The bedpost)
Song: A Phoenix Flame (In my heart a phoenix flame) (from Man Does, Woman Is) [x] *
Song: Sword and Rose (The King of Hearts a broadsword bears) [x] *
Star-Talk ('Are you awake, Gemelli) (from Over the Brazier) - I. Gurney, R. Vaughan Williams
Stirring suddenly from long hibernation - M. Lauridsen (Mid-winter waking) *
Strong Beer (What do you think) (from Fairies and Fusiliers) - E. McElroy
Sword and Rose (The King of Hearts a broadsword bears) - F. Swain [x] *
Symptoms of love (Love is a universal migraine) - S. Adler, H. Wood [x] *
Tail Piece: A Song to Make You and Me Laugh (Let me tell you the story) (from Ten Poems More) [x] *
The bedpost (Sleepy Betsy from her pillow) - P. Wishart
The Blodeuwedd of Gwion ap Gwreang (Not of father nor of mother) [x] *
The butterfly, the cabbage white (from Poems 1926-1930) - I. Venables, P. Wishart (Flying crooked) *
The cool web (Children are dumb to say how hot the day is) - G. Crosse [x] *
The cradle (He smiles within his cradle) - H. Bielawa, B. Kelly [x] *
The Cupboard (Mother: What's in that cupboard, Mary?) - G. Finzi
The door (When she came suddenly in) - H. Wood [x] *
The falcon woman () - E. Hugh-Jones [x] *
The finding of love (Pale at first and cold) - B. Mather
The foreboding (Looking by chance in at the open window) - H. Wood [x] *
The King of Hearts a broadsword bears - F. Swain (Song: Sword and Rose) [x] *
The Lady Visitor in the Pauper Ward (Why do you break upon this old, cool peace) (from Goliath and David) - G. Berners
The leap (Forget the rest: my heart is true) - F. Swain [x] *
The legs (There was this road) (from To Whom Else?) - A. Blank [x] *
The leveller (Near Martinpuisch that night of hell) - H. Weisgall
The Magi and King Herod (Three Kings are here, both wealthy and wise) - J. La Montaine [x] ⊗ *
The mind's eye sees as the heart mirrors - D. Hagen (To sleep) *
The palm tree () - R. Holloway [x] *
The Philatelist Royal (from Poems (1914-1927)) - P. Wishart (Philatelist Royal) [x] *
There was this road (from To Whom Else?) - A. Blank (The legs) [x] *
The sharp ridge (Since now I dare not ask) - P. Hattey [x] *
The song of Blodeuwedd (Not of father nor of mother) - B. Mather [x] *
The succubus (Thus will despair) (from Poems 1930-1933) - A. Bevan *
The visitation () - H. Wood [x] *
They have taken Sun from Woman - R. Holloway *
Though I am an old man (from Country Sentiment) - I. Gurney (Brittle bones)
Three Kings are here, both wealthy and wise - J. La Montaine, M. Shaw (Three kings) [x] ⊗ *
Three Kings (Three Kings are here, both wealthy and wise) - M. Shaw [x] ⊗ *
Thus will despair (from Poems 1930-1933) - A. Bevan (The succubus) *
To sleep (The mind's eye sees as the heart mirrors) *
To you who'd read my songs of War (from Goliath and David) - E. McElroy (A Dead Boche)
Two Fusiliers (And have we done with War at last?) (from Fairies and Fusiliers) - E. McElroy
Two witches (O sixteen hundred and ninety one) (from More Poems 1961) - A. Blank, P. Hattey [x] *
Vanity (Be assured, the Dragon is not dead) (from Collected Poems) - G. Crosse [x] *
Variables of green (Grass green and aspen green) - P. Hattey [x] *
What do you think (from Fairies and Fusiliers) - E. McElroy (Strong Beer)
What's in that cupboard, Mary? (The cupboard) - G. Finzi
When her need for you dies - K. Schoonenbeek *
When she came suddenly in - H. Wood (The door) [x] *
Where is the landlord of old Hawk and Buckle - I. Gurney (Hawk and buckle)
Wherever we may be () - R. Holloway [x] *
Why do you break upon this old, cool peace (from Goliath and David) - G. Berners (The Lady Visitor in the Pauper Ward)
You, love, and I - L. Berkeley, J. Duke, B. Mather, N. Maw, H. Searle (Counting the beats) *

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