Texts by R. Graves set in Art Songs and Choral Works
Text Collections:
- Collected Poems
- Country Sentiment
- Fairies and Fusiliers
- Goliath and David
- Land and Water
- Man Does, Woman Is
- More Poems 1961
- Over the Brazier
- Poems (1914-1927)
- Poems 1926-1930
- Poems 1930-1933
- Poems 1938-1945
- Poems 1965-68
- Ten Poems More
- The Golden Fleece
- To Whom Else?
- Treasure Box
Texts set in art song or choral works (not necessarily comprehensive):
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Special notes: All titles and first lines are included in this index, including those used by composers.
Titles used by the text author appear in boldface. First lines appear in italics.
A language code in a blue rectangle like ENG indicates that a translation to that language is available.
A grey rectangle like FRE indicates a particular translation (usually one set to music) exists but isn't yet available.
- 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
- A perverse habit of cat-goddesses [x] * - P. Wishart (Cat-Goddesses)
- 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) [x] * - P. Wishart (Bird of Paradise)
- Be assured, the Dragon is not dead (from Collected Poems) [x] * - G. Crosse (Vanity)
- 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 [x] * - G. Crosse (The cool web)
- Children born of fairy stock (from Fairies and Fusiliers) - 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 [x] * - P. Wishart (New legends)
- 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 [x] * - F. Swain (The leap)
- 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 [x] * - P. Hattey (Green loving)
- Green loving (Grass green and aspen green) [x] *
- 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 [x] - P. Wishart
- He, of his gentleness (from Over the Brazier) FRE - E. Bainton, S. Barber (In the wilderness)
- He smiles within his cradle [x] * - H. Bielawa, B. Kelly (The cradle)
- 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) - N. Swift
- If he asks, "Is now the time?" (from Poems 1965-68) [x] * - P. Hattey (Is now the time?)
- 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) [x] * - F. Swain (Song: A Phoenix Flame)
- 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) [x] * - B. Britten, P. Hattey (Tail Piece: A Song to Make You and Me Laugh)
- 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 [x] * - H. Wood (The foreboding)
- Lost love (His eyes are quickened so with grief) (from Treasure Box) - B. Mather
- Love is a universal migraine [x] * - S. Adler, H. Wood (Symptoms of love)
- 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 [x] * - B. Mather (The Blodeuwedd of Gwion ap Gwreang)
- 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) [x] * - B. Mather (O love in me)
- O love in me (O Love, be fed with apples) (from Poems 1926-1930) [x] *
- On a clear day how thin the horizon [x] - P. Hattey (Horizon)
- O sixteen hundred and ninety one (from More Poems 1961) [x] * - A. Blank, P. Hattey (Two witches)
- 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 [x] * - H. Wood
- 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 [x] * - P. Hattey (The sharp ridge)
- 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)
- 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 [x] * - F. Swain (Song: Sword and Rose)
- 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)) [x] * - P. Wishart (Philatelist Royal)
- There was this road (from To Whom Else?) [x] * - A. Blank (The legs)
- 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 [x] * - J. La Montaine, M. Shaw (Three kings)
- 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) *
- 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's in that cupboard, Mary? (The cupboard) - G. Finzi
- When her need for you dies * - K. Schoonenbeek
- When she came suddenly in [x] * - H. Wood (The door)
- 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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