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

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Robert Malise Bowyer Nichols (1893 - 1944)

Edward Lightfoot [pseudonym]

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

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A catch for spring (Now has the blue-eyed Spring) (from A Faun's Holiday)
Alas, poor rhapsodist, how sad thou art! (Alas, poor rhapsodist, how sad thou art !) (from Aurelia & Other Poems - Swansong) - C. Darnton
Alas, poor rhapsodist, how sad thou art ! (from Aurelia & Other Poems - Swansong) - C. Darnton
Asleep within the deadest hour of night - F. Scott (To -----)
Aurelia (When within my arms I hold you) - I. Venables
Blue-eyed spring (Now has the blue-eyed Spring) (from A Faun's Holiday) - E. Moeran
Evenstar, still evenstar - J. Raynor (Evenstar)
Evenstar (Evenstar, still evenstar) - J. Raynor
It is still under the pines (It is still under the pines) (from Aurelia & Other Poems - Swansong) - C. Darnton
It is still under the pines (from Aurelia & Other Poems - Swansong) - C. Darnton
Little pigeon, grave and fleet - A. Bliss
Lully, lullay, my child, my lamb (from The Rider by Night) - K. Sorabji, born Leon Dudley Sorabji
Music to "The Rider by Night" (Lully, lullay, my child, my lamb) (from The Rider by Night) - K. Sorabji, born Leon Dudley Sorabji
Now arched dark boughs hang dim and still - A. Bliss
Now has the blue-eyed Spring (from A Faun's Holiday) - E. Moeran (A catch for spring)
O Nightingale, my heart (O Nightingale, my heart) (from Aurelia & Other Poems - Swansong) - C. Darnton
O Nightingale, my heart (from Aurelia & Other Poems - Swansong) - C. Darnton
Pan and Echo â The naiads' music (Where while I seek you, Echo, do you lie, Love? I love!) - A. Bliss
Put by the sun, my joyful soul (Put by the sun, my joyful soul) (from Aurelia & Other Poems - Swansong) - C. Darnton
Put by the sun, my joyful soul (from Aurelia & Other Poems - Swansong) - C. Darnton
The Full Heart () - J. Raynor [x]
The Lily floated white and red (from Ardours and Endurances (Poems and Fantasies)) - P. Warlock
The pigeon song (Little pigeon, grave and fleet) - A. Bliss
The shepherd's night-song (Now arched dark boughs hang dim and still) - A. Bliss
The water lily (The Lily floated white and red) (from Ardours and Endurances (Poems and Fantasies)) - P. Warlock
The wood is still. I do not hear (The wood is still. I do not hear) (from Aurelia & Other Poems - Swansong) - C. Darnton
The wood is still. I do not hear (from Aurelia & Other Poems - Swansong) - C. Darnton
To G--- (Asleep within the deadest hour of night) - F. Scott
To ----- (Asleep within the deadest hour of night)
When within my arms I hold you (When within my arms I hold you) - J. Raynor
When within my arms I hold you - J. Raynor, I. Venables
Where while I seek you, Echo, do you lie, Love? I love! - A. Bliss

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