Texts by S. O'Sullivan set in Art Songs and Choral Works

Text Collections:

• An Epilogue to the Praise of Angus and Other Poems
• Poems
• The Earth-Lover and Other Poems
• The Rosses and Other Poems
• The Twilight People
• Verses Sacred and Profane

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 Cottager (The rafters blacken year by year) (from The Earth-Lover and Other Poems) - E. Moeran, J. Raynor
• A piper in the streets today (from Verses Sacred and Profane) - A. Benjamin, P. Bowles, G. Brown, P. Crossley-Holland, E. Diemer, J. Duke, H. Greenhill, I. Gurney, C. Hand, M. Head, G. Peterkin, R. Vaughan Williams, W. Webber (A piper)
• A piper (A piper in the streets today) (from Verses Sacred and Profane) - G. Brown, P. Crossley-Holland, E. Diemer, J. Duke, H. Greenhill, I. Gurney, C. Hand, M. Head, G. Peterkin, R. Vaughan Williams, W. Webber
• As I went dreaming (from The Twilight People) - E. Moeran (The poplars)
• At night when everyone's asleep (from The Rosses and Other Poems) - E. Moeran (The dustman)
• A wind from the south () - F. Scott [x]
• Come, friend, and feast with me, e'er feasting days be past - E. Moeran *
• Dusk () - C. Repper [x]
• Evening (I will go out and meet the evening hours) (from The Earth-Lover and Other Poems) - E. Moeran
• For all my sorrow I have been more glad (from Poems) - H. Howells, R. Johnston (The love-gift of sorrow) [x]
• He had played by the cottage fire (from Poems) - R. Johnston (The Ballad of the Fiddler)
• Husheen, the herons are crying (from An Epilogue to the Praise of Angus and Other Poems) - D. Holland, E. Moeran (Lullaby)
• If there be any gods (Wild birds flying across the moon) - E. Moeran DUT
• I go with silent feet and slow - S. Dillon (The monk)
• Invitation in autumn (Come, friend, and feast with me, e'er feasting days be past) - E. Moeran *
• It is a whisper among the hazel bushes (from The Twilight People) - D. Glass, H. Howells, R. Vaughan Williams (The twilight people)
• I will go out and meet the evening hours (from The Earth-Lover and Other Poems) - E. Moeran (Evening)
• Lullaby: Husheen, the herons are crying (Husheen, the herons are crying) (from An Epilogue to the Praise of Angus and Other Poems) - D. Holland
• Lullaby (Husheen, the herons are crying) (from An Epilogue to the Praise of Angus and Other Poems) - E. Moeran
• My sorrow that I am not by the little dun (from The Rosses and Other Poems) - P. Campbell, A. Shepherd (The Rosses)
• Nelson Street (There is hardly a mouthful of air) - S. Dillon [x]
• O herdsman, driving your slow twilight flock (from The Twilight People) - H. Fletcher, F. May, E. Moeran (The herdsman)
• Slowly they pass (from The Twilight People) - B. Burrows, P. Hadley, R. Johnston (The sheep)
• The Ballad of the Fiddler (He had played by the cottage fire) (from Poems) - R. Johnston
• The dustman (At night when everyone's asleep) (from The Rosses and Other Poems) - E. Moeran
• The herdsman (O herdsman, driving your slow twilight flock) (from The Twilight People) - F. May, E. Moeran
• The love-gift of sorrow (For all my sorrow I have been more glad) (from Poems) - R. Johnston [x]
• The monk (I go with silent feet and slow) - S. Dillon
• The path (Tremulous grey of dusk) (from The Twilight People)
• The piper (A piper in the streets today) (from Verses Sacred and Profane) - A. Benjamin, P. Bowles
• The poplars (As I went dreaming) (from The Twilight People) - E. Moeran
• The rafters blacken year by year (from The Earth-Lover and Other Poems) - E. Moeran, J. Raynor (A cottager)
• There is hardly a mouthful of air - S. Dillon (Nelson Street) [x]
• The Rosses (My sorrow that I am not by the little dun) (from The Rosses and Other Poems)
• The shadows (O herdsman, driving your slow twilight flock) (from The Twilight People) - H. Fletcher
• The sheep (Slowly they pass) (from The Twilight People) - B. Burrows, P. Hadley, R. Johnston
• The Sorrow of Love (For all my sorrow I have been more glad) (from Poems) - H. Howells [x]
• The starling lake (My sorrow that I am not by the little dun) (from The Rosses and Other Poems) - P. Campbell, A. Shepherd
• The twilight people (It is a whisper among the hazel bushes) (from The Twilight People) - D. Glass, H. Howells, R. Vaughan Williams
• Tremulous grey of dusk (from The Twilight People) - F. Scott (The path)
• Tremulous grey of dusk (Tremulous grey of dusk) (from The Twilight People) - F. Scott
• Wild birds flying across the moon DUT - E. Moeran

Last update: 2025-04-19 18:04:51