Author: Siegfried Lorraine Sassoon (1886 - 1967)

Text Compilations

• Counter-Attack
• Discoveries
• Lingual Exercises
• Melodies
• Morning-Glory
• Picture-Show
• The Old Huntsman and Other Poems

Texts set to music as art song or choral works [warning - 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 child's prayer (For Morn, my dome of blue) (from Morning-Glory) FRE
• A child's prayer (For Morn, my dome of blue) (from Morning-Glory) - Arthur Edward Drummond Bliss, Sir, Cyril Bradley Rootham FRE
• Across the land a faint blue veil of mist (from The Old Huntsman and Other Poems) (October)
• Across the land a faint blue veil of mist (from The Old Huntsman and Other Poems) - Howard Morgan (October)
• A flower has opened in my heart (A flower has opened in my heart) - Alec Rowley [x]
• A flower has opened in my heart [x] - Alec Rowley (A flower has opened in my heart)
• A flower has opened in my heart [x] (Nativity)
• A flower has opened in my heart [x] - James Taylor (The heart's journey)
• Aftermath (reprise) (Have you forgotten yet?) (from Picture-Show) - Michael Ippolito FRE
• Aftermath (Have you forgotten yet?) (from Picture-Show) FRE
• Aftermath (Have you forgotten yet?) (from Picture-Show) - Michael Ippolito, Martin Kalmanoff FRE
• Alone (I've listened: and all the sounds I heard) (from Discoveries)
• Alone (I've listened: and all the sounds I heard) (from Discoveries) - Adrian Beaumont
• Alone (When I'm alone - the words tripped off his tongue) (from Lingual Exercises) [x]
• Alone (When I'm alone - the words tripped off his tongue) (from Lingual Exercises) - Eliot Newsome [x]
• Along the wind-swept platform, pinched and white (from The Old Huntsman and Other Poems) (Morning Express)
• Along the wind-swept platform, pinched and white (from The Old Huntsman and Other Poems) - Arthur Butterworth (Morning Express)
• An old french poet (When in your sober mood my body have ye laid)
• An old french poet (When in your sober mood my body have ye laid) - Howard Morgan
• A poplar and the moon (There stood a Poplar, tall and straight) (from Morning-Glory)
• A poplar and the moon (There stood a Poplar, tall and straight) (from Morning-Glory) - Ralph Greaves, Howard Morgan, Cyril Bradley Rootham
• At dawn the ridge emerges massed and dun FRE (Attack)
• At dawn the ridge emerges massed and dun FRE - Gary Bachlund (Attack)
• At daybreak (I listen for him through the rain)
• At daybreak (I listen for him through the rain) - Adrian Beaumont
• Attack (At dawn the ridge emerges massed and dun) FRE
• Attack (At dawn the ridge emerges massed and dun) - Gary Bachlund FRE
• Autumn (October's bellowing anger breaks and cleaves) (from Counter-Attack) FRE
• Autumn (October's bellowing anger breaks and cleaves) (from Counter-Attack) - Harold Blumenfeld FRE
• Base Details (If I were fierce, and bald, and short of breath) - Michael Ippolito
• Before the battle (Music of whispering trees) (from The Old Huntsman and Other Poems) FRE
• Before the battle (Music of whispering trees) (from The Old Huntsman and Other Poems) - Harold Blumenfeld, John Ramsden Williamson FRE
• Butterflies (Frail Travellers, deftly flickering over the flowers)
• Butterflies (Frail Travellers, deftly flickering over the flowers) - Cyril Bradley Rootham
• Dark clouds are smouldering into red - Michael Ippolito (How to Die)
• Derision from the dead [x] (Ex-Service)
• Derision from the dead [x] - Leland C. Smith (Ex-Service)
• Does it matter? — losing your legs? - Michael Ippolito (Does it matter?)
• Does it matter? (Does it matter? — losing your legs?) - Michael Ippolito
• Dream-Forest (Where sunshine flecks the green) (from Morning-Glory)
• Dream-Forest (Where sunshine flecks the green) (from Morning-Glory) - Adrian Beaumont
• Epilogue (Have you forgotten yet?) (from Picture-Show) - Michael Ippolito FRE
• Everyone sang (Everyone suddenly burst out singing) (from Picture-Show)
• Everyone sang (Everyone suddenly burst out singing) (from Picture-Show) - Celius Dougherty, Clara Edwards, Ivor (Bertie) Gurney, William Henry Harris, Sir, Jake Heggie, Herbert Horrocks, Beatrice Laufer, Leonard Rafter, Keith Roberts, Jasper Rooper, Cyril Bradley Rootham, Rick Sowash, Greta Tomlins, May Sabeston Walker, Howard Wells, Dorothy Isabel Williams
• Everyone suddenly burst out singing (from Picture-Show) (Everyone sang)
• Everyone suddenly burst out singing (from Picture-Show) - Celius Dougherty, Clara Edwards, Ivor (Bertie) Gurney, William Henry Harris, Sir, Jake Heggie, Herbert Horrocks, Beatrice Laufer, Leonard Rafter, Keith Roberts, Jasper Rooper, Cyril Bradley Rootham, Rick Sowash, Greta Tomlins, May Sabeston Walker, Howard Wells, Dorothy Isabel Williams (Everyone sang)
• Everyone suddenly burst out singing (Everyone suddenly burst out singing) (from Picture-Show) - Craig Sellar Lang, Paul Siskind, Peter Willsher
• Everyone suddenly burst out singing (from Picture-Show) - Craig Sellar Lang, Paul Siskind, Peter Willsher (Everyone suddenly burst out singing)
• Everyone suddenly burst out singing (from Picture-Show) - Joel Balzun (Everyone was a bird)
• Everyone was a bird (Everyone suddenly burst out singing) (from Picture-Show) - Joel Balzun
• Ev'ryone suddenly burst out singing (from Picture-Show) (Everyone sang)
• Ex-Service (Derision from the dead) [x]
• Ex-Service (Derision from the dead) - Leland C. Smith [x]
• For Morn, my dome of blue (from Morning-Glory) FRE (A child's prayer)
• For Morn, my dome of blue (from Morning-Glory) FRE - Arthur Edward Drummond Bliss, Sir, Cyril Bradley Rootham (A child's prayer)
• Frail Travellers, deftly flickering over the flowers (Butterflies)
• Frail Travellers, deftly flickering over the flowers - Cyril Bradley Rootham (Butterflies)
• France (She triumphs, in the vivid green) - Michael Ippolito
• Give me your hand, my brother, search my face FRE (To my brother)
• Give me your hand, my brother, search my face FRE - Edward Gregson, Martin Kalmanoff (To my brother)
• Goblin revel (In gold and grey, with fleering looks of sin)
• Goblin revel (In gold and grey, with fleering looks of sin) - Howard Morgan, Dennis Wickens
• Have you forgotten yet? (from Picture-Show) FRE - Michael Ippolito (Aftermath (reprise))
• Have you forgotten yet? (from Picture-Show) FRE (Aftermath)
• Have you forgotten yet? (from Picture-Show) FRE - Michael Ippolito, Martin Kalmanoff (Aftermath)
• Have you forgotten yet? (from Picture-Show) FRE - Michael Ippolito (Epilogue)
• Heart's journey (Song, be my soul; set forth the fairest part) - Arthur Shepherd [x]
• He drowsed and was aware of silence heaped (from The Old Huntsman and Other Poems) FRE (The Death-Bed)
• He drowsed and was aware of silence heaped (from The Old Huntsman and Other Poems) FRE - Harold Blumenfeld (The Death-Bed)
• Hero (from Glory of Women and Hero) (You love us when we’re heroes, home on leave) - Michael Ippolito
• Hero (from Glory of Women and Hero) (You love us when we’re heroes, home on leave) - Michael Ippolito
• How to Die (Dark clouds are smouldering into red) - Michael Ippolito
• Idyll (In the grey summer garden I shall find you)
• Idyll (In the grey summer garden I shall find you) - Adrian Beaumont, Cyril Bradley Rootham
• If I were fierce, and bald, and short of breath - Michael Ippolito (Base Details)
• I knew a simple soldier boy FRE (Suicide in the trenches)
• I knew a simple soldier boy FRE - Harold Blumenfeld, Michael Ippolito, Hugo Weisgall (Suicide in the trenches)
• I listen for him through the rain (At daybreak)
• I listen for him through the rain - Adrian Beaumont (At daybreak)
• In fifty years, when peace outshines - Michael Ippolito (Song-Books of the War)
• In gold and grey, with fleering looks of sin (Goblin revel)
• In gold and grey, with fleering looks of sin - Howard Morgan, Dennis Wickens (Goblin revel)
• In the grey summer garden I shall find you (Idyll)
• In the grey summer garden I shall find you - Adrian Beaumont, Cyril Bradley Rootham (Idyll)
• In this meadow starred with spring (from Morning-Glory) (Morning-Glory)
• In this meadow starred with spring (from Morning-Glory) - Cyril Bradley Rootham, Arthur Shepherd (Morning-Glory)
• I stood with the Dead, so forsaken and still (from Picture-Show) FRE (I stood with the dead)
• I stood with the Dead, so forsaken and still (from Picture-Show) FRE - Michael Ippolito, John Ramsden Williamson (I stood with the dead)
• I stood with the dead (I stood with the Dead, so forsaken and still) (from Picture-Show) FRE
• I stood with the dead (I stood with the Dead, so forsaken and still) (from Picture-Show) - Michael Ippolito, John Ramsden Williamson FRE
• I've listened: and all the sounds I heard (from Discoveries) (Alone)
• I've listened: and all the sounds I heard (from Discoveries) - Adrian Beaumont (Alone)
• 'Jack fell as he'd have wished,' the Mother said
• Lone heart, learning [x] - Adrian Beaumont (Vigils)
• Lovers (You were glad tonight: And now you've gone away)
• Memory (When I was young my heart and head were light) FRE
• Morning Express (Along the wind-swept platform, pinched and white) (from The Old Huntsman and Other Poems)
• Morning Express (Along the wind-swept platform, pinched and white) (from The Old Huntsman and Other Poems) - Arthur Butterworth
• Morning-Glory (In this meadow starred with spring) (from Morning-Glory)
• Morning-Glory (In this meadow starred with spring) (from Morning-Glory) - Cyril Bradley Rootham, Arthur Shepherd
• Music of whispering trees (from The Old Huntsman and Other Poems) FRE (Before the battle)
• Music of whispering trees (from The Old Huntsman and Other Poems) FRE - Harold Blumenfeld, John Ramsden Williamson (Before the battle)
• Nativity (A flower has opened in my heart) [x]
• Night-Piece (Ye hooded witches, baleful shapes that moan) (from Melodies)
• Noah (When old Noah stared across the floods) (from Discoveries)
• Noah (When old Noah stared across the floods) (from Discoveries) - Howard Morgan
• Now my heart is heavy-laden (When I was young my heart and head were light) - Palph (?) J. DeGolier FRE
• October's bellowing anger breaks and cleaves (from Counter-Attack) FRE (Autumn)
• October's bellowing anger breaks and cleaves (from Counter-Attack) FRE - Harold Blumenfeld (Autumn)
• October (Across the land a faint blue veil of mist) (from The Old Huntsman and Other Poems)
• October (Across the land a faint blue veil of mist) (from The Old Huntsman and Other Poems) - Howard Morgan
• Serenade (You were glad tonight: And now you've gone away) - John Alden Carpenter
• She triumphs, in the vivid green - Michael Ippolito (France)
• Sleep; and my song shall build about your bed (from Picture-Show) - Cherry Isherwood (Sleep)
• Sleep; and my song shall build about your bed (from Picture-Show) (Slumber-song)
• Sleep; and my song shall build about your bed (from Picture-Show) - John Alden Carpenter, Miriam Gideon, Michael Ippolito (Slumber-song)
• Sleep (Sleep; and my song shall build about your bed) (from Picture-Show) - Cherry Isherwood
• Slumber-song (Sleep; and my song shall build about your bed) (from Picture-Show)
• Slumber-song (Sleep; and my song shall build about your bed) (from Picture-Show) - John Alden Carpenter, Miriam Gideon, Michael Ippolito
• Song, be my soul; set forth the fairest part [x] - Arthur Shepherd (Heart's journey)
• Song, be my soul; set forth the fairest part [x] - Adrian Beaumont, Alec Rowley (Song, be my soul)
• Song, be my soul (Song, be my soul; set forth the fairest part) - Adrian Beaumont, Alec Rowley [x]
• Song-Books of the War (In fifty years, when peace outshines) - Michael Ippolito
• Song (What you are I cannot say) [x]
• South Wind (Where have you been, South Wind, this May-day morning) (from Discoveries)
• South Wind (Where have you been, South Wind, this May-day morning) (from Discoveries) - Cyril Bradley Rootham
• Suicide in the trenches (I knew a simple soldier boy) FRE
• Suicide in the trenches (I knew a simple soldier boy) - Harold Blumenfeld, Michael Ippolito, Hugo Weisgall FRE
• The Bishop tells us: 'When the boys come back (from The Old Huntsman and Other Poems) - Karl Rankl (They)
• The Death-Bed (He drowsed and was aware of silence heaped) (from The Old Huntsman and Other Poems) FRE
• The Death-Bed (He drowsed and was aware of silence heaped) (from The Old Huntsman and Other Poems) - Harold Blumenfeld FRE
• The Dug-Out (Why do you lie with your legs ungainly huddled) FRE
• The Dug-Out (Why do you lie with your legs ungainly huddled) - William Flanagan, Clifford Taylor FRE
• The heart's journey (A flower has opened in my heart) - James Taylor [x]
• The message (Toward sunset this November day) [x]
• The message (Toward sunset this November day) - Daniel Rogers Pinkham [x]
• There stood a Poplar, tall and straight (from Morning-Glory) (A poplar and the moon)
• There stood a Poplar, tall and straight (from Morning-Glory) - Ralph Greaves, Howard Morgan, Cyril Bradley Rootham (A poplar and the moon)
• They (The Bishop tells us: 'When the boys come back) (from The Old Huntsman and Other Poems) - Karl Rankl
• To my brother (Give me your hand, my brother, search my face) FRE
• To my brother (Give me your hand, my brother, search my face) - Edward Gregson, Martin Kalmanoff FRE
• Toward sunset this November day [x] (The message)
• Toward sunset this November day [x] - Daniel Rogers Pinkham (The message)
• Vigils (Lone heart, learning) - Adrian Beaumont [x]
• What you are I cannot say [x] (Song)
• What you are I cannot say (What you are I cannot say) - Irwin Fischer, Alec Rowley [x]
• What you are I cannot say [x] - Irwin Fischer, Alec Rowley (What you are I cannot say)
• When I'm alone - the words tripped off his tongue (from Lingual Exercises) [x] (Alone)
• When I'm alone - the words tripped off his tongue (from Lingual Exercises) [x] - Eliot Newsome (Alone)
• When in your sober mood my body have ye laid (An old french poet)
• When in your sober mood my body have ye laid - Howard Morgan (An old french poet)
• When I was young my heart and head were light FRE (Memory)
• When I was young my heart and head were light FRE - Palph (?) J. DeGolier (Now my heart is heavy-laden)
• When old Noah stared across the floods (from Discoveries) (Noah)
• When old Noah stared across the floods (from Discoveries) - Howard Morgan (Noah)
• Where have you been, South Wind, this May-day morning (from Discoveries) (South Wind)
• Where have you been, South Wind, this May-day morning (from Discoveries) - Cyril Bradley Rootham (South Wind)
• Where sunshine flecks the green (from Morning-Glory) (Dream-Forest)
• Where sunshine flecks the green (from Morning-Glory) - Adrian Beaumont (Dream-Forest)
• Why do you lie with your legs ungainly huddled FRE (The Dug-Out)
• Why do you lie with your legs ungainly huddled FRE - William Flanagan, Clifford Taylor (The Dug-Out)
• Ye hooded witches, baleful shapes that moan (from Melodies) (Night-Piece)
• Ye hooded witches, baleful shapes that moan (Ye hooded witches, baleful shapes that moan) (from Melodies) - Dennis Wickens
• Ye hooded witches, baleful shapes that moan (from Melodies) - Dennis Wickens (Ye hooded witches, baleful shapes that moan)
• You love us when we’re heroes, home on leave - Michael Ippolito (Hero (from Glory of Women and Hero))
• You love us when we’re heroes, home on leave - Michael Ippolito (Hero (from Glory of Women and Hero))
• You were glad tonight: And now you've gone away (Lovers)
• You were glad tonight: And now you've gone away - John Alden Carpenter (Serenade)
• You were glad tonight: And now you've gone away - Irwin Fischer, Alec Rowley (You were glad to-night)
• You were glad to-night (You were glad tonight: And now you've gone away) - Irwin Fischer, Alec Rowley

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