Texts by J. Stephens set in Art Songs and Choral Works

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James Stephens (1882 - 1950)

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A bird sings now (A bird sings now) (from The Hill of Vision) - J. Duke, W. Mourant
A bird sings now (from The Hill of Vision) - J. Duke, W. Mourant (Ora pro nobis)
A field of daisies (In the scented bud of the morning -- O) (from Here are Ladies) - R. Quilter SPA
A glass of beer (The lanky hank of a she in the inn over there) (from Reincarnations) - H. Andrews, J. Wilson
A long green swell (from Insurrections) - S. Adler, J. Duke, W. Mourant (Chill of the eve)
A man came to me at the fair (from Songs from the Clay) - C. Gibbs (The market)
A man was sitting underneath a tree (from Insurrections) - T. Dobson (Seumas Beg)
And it was stormy weather (Now the winds are riding by) (from Songs from the Clay) - S. Adler
And it was windy weather (Now the winds are riding by) (from Songs from the Clay) - P. Campbell
And suddenly I wakened up in a fright (from The Adventures of Seumas Beg [and] The Rocky Road to Dublin) (Midnight) - J. Duke, H. Lapp
And suddenly I wakened up in such a fright (from The Adventures of Seumas Beg [and] The Rocky Road to Dublin) - J. Duke, H. Lapp (Midnight)
And then I pressed the shell (from Insurrections) - W. Mourant (The shell)
And then I wakened up in such a fright (from The Adventures of Seumas Beg [and] The Rocky Road to Dublin) (Midnight) - J. Duke, H. Lapp
And then / There rung a bell (from Insurrections) - W. Mourant (The Tale of Mad Brigid)
An evening falls (At eve the horse is freed of plough or wain) (from Songs from the Clay) - W. Mourant
Anthony O'Daly (Anthony!/ Since your limbs were laid out) (from Reincarnations) - S. Barber, W. Mourant ⊗
Anthony!/ Since your limbs were laid out (from Reincarnations) - S. Barber, W. Mourant (Anthony O'Daly) ⊗
A reply (Lift up my heart, and sing again) (from Songs from the Clay - A Reply) - F. Swain
A rose for a young head (from Insurrections) - C. Forsyth, B. Treharne (The watcher)
Arpeggio (He wills to be) (from Collected Poems) - W. Mourant [x]
As bird to nest, when, moodily (from Strict Joy) - A. Shepherd (Sarasvati) [x]
As down the road she wambled slow (from The Hill of Vision) - S. Barber, W. Mourant (Bessie Bobtail)
As evening falls (At eve the horse is freed of plough or wain) (from Songs from the Clay)
As it was windy weather (Now the winds are riding by) (from Songs from the Clay) - D. Parke
As lily grows up easily (from Reincarnations) - B. Burrows, J. Duke, W. Mourant, D. Parke, J. Trimble (Peggy Mitchell)
A snowy field! A stable piled (from Collected Poems) (Christmas in Freelands) - D. Parke
A Snowy Field (The Red-Bud, the Kentucky Tree) (from Collected Poems) - D. Parke
A song for lovers (The moon is shining on the sea) (from Songs from the Clay) - D. Taylor
At eve the horse is freed of plough or wain (from Songs from the Clay) - W. Mourant (As evening falls)
At four o'clock, in dainty talk (from The Adventures of Seumas Beg [and] The Rocky Road to Dublin) - T. Dobson (Grafton Street)
At the edge of the sea (There was a river that rose) (from Songs from the Clay) - T. Dobson
At the end of the bough, at the top of the tree (from Here are Ladies) FRE ITA - H. Spier (Sweet apple)
A visit from the moon () - T. Dunhill [x]
A woman is a branchy tree (A woman is a branchy tree) (from The Hill of Vision) - L. Mann, W. Mourant
A woman is a branchy tree (from The Hill of Vision) - L. Mann, W. Mourant (Wind and tree)
Barbarians (I pause beside the stream and hear) (from Songs from the Clay) - W. Mourant
Bee! tell me whence do you come? (from Songs from the Clay) - D. Parke, D. Taylor (The messenger)
Bessie Bobtail (As down the road she wambled slow) (from The Hill of Vision) - S. Barber, W. Mourant
Breakfast time (The sun is always in the sky) (from The Adventures of Seumas Beg [and] The Rocky Road to Dublin) - T. Dobson, W. Mourant
Chant of the Main-Deep (The long-rolling) (from A Poetry Recital) - P. Campbell
Check (The night was creeping on the ground) (from The Adventures of Seumas Beg [and] The Rocky Road to Dublin) - A. Butterworth, W. Mourant
Chill of the eve (A long green swell) (from Insurrections) - S. Adler, J. Duke, W. Mourant
Christmas in Freelands (The Red-Bud, the Kentucky Tree) (from Collected Poems)
Come with me, under my coat (from Reincarnations) - S. Barber, H. Lapp, W. Mourant, D. Parke (The coolun) ⊗
Could you but see her (from Strict Joy) - M. Bowles (The white swan) [x]
Dark wings (Sing while you may, O bird upon the tree!)
Day by day/ the sun's broad beam (from Songs from the Clay) (This way to Winter) - L. Mann
Day by day (from Songs from the Clay) - L. Mann (This way to Winter)
Dip and swing (from A Poetry Recital) - S. Barab, W. Mourant (The rose in the wind)
Egan O'Rahilly (Here in a distant place I hold my tongue) (from Reincarnations) - W. Mourant
Every Sunday there's a throng (from The Adventures of Seumas Beg [and] The Rocky Road to Dublin) - T. Dobson (Westland Row)
Everything that I can spy (Everything that I can spy) (from The Hill of Vision) - W. Mourant
Everything that I can spy (from The Hill of Vision) - W. Mourant
Follow, follow, follow ! (from The Hill of Vision - A Prelude and a Song) - R. Hageman
Gleaming in silver are the hills (from Songs from the Clay) - W. Mourant (Washed in silver)
Grafton Street (At four o'clock, in dainty talk) (from The Adventures of Seumas Beg [and] The Rocky Road to Dublin) - T. Dobson
Here in a distant place I hold my tongue (from Reincarnations) - W. Mourant (Egan O'Rahilly)
Hesperus (Upon the sober sky thy robes are spread) (from Songs from the Clay) - F. May FRE GER GER ITA
He wills to be (from Collected Poems) - W. Mourant (Arpeggio) [x]
I bent again unto the ground (from Songs from the Clay) - W. Mourant (The voice of God)
I can see (from Songs from the Clay) (The buds) - W. Mourant
I cling and swing (from The Adventures of Seumas Beg [and] The Rocky Road to Dublin) - F. Bridge, G. Gwyther (The fifteen acres)
If the Moon had a hand (from Here are Ladies) - H. Castleman (The Moon)
If the Moon (If the Moon had a hand) (from Here are Ladies) - H. Castleman
I heard a bird at dawn (from Songs from the Clay) - S. Barab, M. Bowles, A. Duff, W. Mourant, D. Taylor, R. Teed, L. White (The rivals)
I know a girl (I know a girl) (from The Adventures of Seumas Beg [and] The Rocky Road to Dublin) - H. Lapp
I know a girl (from The Adventures of Seumas Beg [and] The Rocky Road to Dublin) - M. Bowles, H. Lapp, D. Parke, A. Strilko (The canal bank)
I know the man without a soul (from Songs from the Clay) - S. Homer, F. Swain (The king of the fairy men)
I looked from Mount Derision at (from The Hill of Vision) - F. Swain (Nucleolus)
In Dublin town the people see (from The Adventures of Seumas Beg [and] The Rocky Road to Dublin) - W. Mourant (O'Connell Bridge)
Inis Fál (Now may we turn aside) (from Reincarnations) - J. Trimble [x]
In the bud of the morning-O (In the scented bud of the morning -- O) (from Here are Ladies) - R. Quilter SPA
In the café where I sit (from Songs from the Clay) - F. Swain (The four old men)
In the night (There always is a noise when it is dark) (from Songs from the Clay) - E. Cone
In the poppy field (Mad Patsy said, he said to me) (from Reincarnations) - J. Clark, J. Trimble
In the scented bud of the morning-O (In the scented bud of the morning -- O) (from Here are Ladies) - A. Shepherd SPA
In the scented bud of the morning -- O (from Here are Ladies) SPA - S. Barab, S. Barber, M. Bowles, J. Edmunds, R. Farley, L. Mann, W. Mourant, M. Mulliner, D. Parke, R. Quilter, J. Raynor, A. Shepherd, M. Wyrill (The daisies)
In the winter children go (from The Adventures of Seumas Beg [and] The Rocky Road to Dublin) - W. Mourant (White fields)
I pause beside the stream and hear (from Songs from the Clay) - W. Mourant (Barbarians)
It is not on her gown (from Reincarnations) - W. Mourant (Nancy Walsh)
I was frightened, for a wind (from The Adventures of Seumas Beg [and] The Rocky Road to Dublin) - W. Mourant, F. Scott (The secret)
I went to the Wood of Flowers (from The Adventures of Seumas Beg [and] The Rocky Road to Dublin) - I. Klein, F. Scott (The Wood of Flowers)
Katty Gollagher (The hill is bare : I only find) (from The Adventures of Seumas Beg [and] The Rocky Road to Dublin) - E. Cone, W. Mourant
Lesbia (Sweet/ and delicate) (from Little Things) - D. Parke [x]
Lift up my heart, and sing again (from Songs from the Clay - A Reply) - F. Swain
Little creatures everywhere (Little things that run and quail) (from Little Things) - A. Duckworth
Little things that run and quail (from Little Things) - A. Duckworth, W. Mourant, R. Ward (Little things)
Little things (Little things that run and quail) (from Little Things) - W. Mourant, R. Ward
Lovers (The moon is shining on the sea) (from Songs from the Clay) - W. Mourant
Mad Patsy said, he said to me (from Reincarnations) - J. Clark, B. Treharne, J. Trimble (In the poppy field)
Mad Patsy (Mad Patsy said, he said to me) (from Reincarnations) - B. Treharne
Mary Hynes (She is the sky of the sun!) (from Reincarnations) - S. Barber, W. Mourant ⊗
Mary Ruane (The sky-like girl whom we knew!) (from Reincarnations) - W. Mourant
Me company along (Follow, follow, follow !) (from The Hill of Vision - A Prelude and a Song) - R. Hageman
Midnight (And suddenly I wakened up in such a fright) (from The Adventures of Seumas Beg [and] The Rocky Road to Dublin) - J. Duke, H. Lapp
Nancy Walsh (It is not on her gown) (from Reincarnations) - W. Mourant
Nothing at all (There was a man was very old) (from The Hill of Vision) - W. Mourant
Now I can see (from Songs from the Clay) - W. Mourant (The buds)
Now may we turn aside (from Reincarnations) - J. Trimble (Inis Fál) [x]
Now the winds are riding by (from Songs from the Clay) - S. Adler, P. Campbell, J. Duke, D. Parke (And it was windy weather)
Now with the coming in of the spring (from Reincarnations) - I. Gurney, J. Trimble (The County Mayo) ⊗
Nucleolus (I looked from Mount Derision at) (from The Hill of Vision) - F. Swain
O'Connell Bridge (In Dublin town the people see) (from The Adventures of Seumas Beg [and] The Rocky Road to Dublin)
Ora pro nobis (A bird sings now) (from The Hill of Vision)
Out and away (Silvery-black, and silvery-blue) (from A Poetry Recital) - A. Bax
Pastoral (The hill is bare : I only find) (from The Adventures of Seumas Beg [and] The Rocky Road to Dublin) - T. Dobson
Peggy Mitchell (As lily grows up easily) (from Reincarnations) - B. Burrows, J. Duke, W. Mourant, D. Parke, J. Trimble
Playing upon the hill three centaurs were! (from Songs from the Clay) - W. Busch (The centaurs)
Portobello Bridge (Silver stars shine peacefully) (from The Adventures of Seumas Beg [and] The Rocky Road to Dublin) - P. Campbell
Queen of the Bees (Bee! tell me whence do you come?) (from Songs from the Clay) - D. Parke
Remember the spider (from Kings and the Moon - Kings and Tanists) - H. Lapp (Tanist) [x]
Righteous anger (The lanky hank of a she in the inn over there) (from Reincarnations)
Rivals () - R. Tripp [x]
Sarasvati (As bird to nest, when, moodily) (from Strict Joy) - A. Shepherd [x]
Sermon (Remember the spider) (from Kings and the Moon - Kings and Tanists) - H. Lapp [x]
Seumas Beg (A man was sitting underneath a tree) (from Insurrections) - T. Dobson
She is the sky of the sun! (from Reincarnations) - S. Barber, W. Mourant (Mary Hynes) ⊗
Shepherd, play a little air (Shepherd ! while the lambs do feed) (from The Adventures of Seumas Beg [and] The Rocky Road to Dublin) - W. Stickles
Shepherd ! while the lambs do feed (from The Adventures of Seumas Beg [and] The Rocky Road to Dublin) - S. Adler, F. Scott, W. Stickles, P. Taylor (The piper)
Silver stars shine peacefully (from The Adventures of Seumas Beg [and] The Rocky Road to Dublin) - P. Campbell (Portobello Bridge)
Silvery-black, and silvery-blue (from A Poetry Recital) - A. Bax (Out and away)
Sing while you may, O bird upon the tree! - S. Barab (Dark wings)
So early in the morning, O (I cling and swing) (from The Adventures of Seumas Beg [and] The Rocky Road to Dublin) - F. Bridge, G. Gwyther
Solitude () - M. Bowles [x]
Spring is singing () - R. Farley [x]
Stephen's Green (The wind stood up and gave a shout) (from The Adventures of Seumas Beg [and] The Rocky Road to Dublin)
Still lift up my heart, and sing again (from Songs from the Clay - A Reply)
Sweet/ and delicate (from Little Things) - D. Parke (Lesbia) [x]
Sweet apple (At the end of the bough, at the top of the tree) (from Here are Ladies) - H. Spier FRE ITA
Tanist (Remember the spider) (from Kings and the Moon - Kings and Tanists) [x]
The buds (Now I can see) (from Songs from the Clay) - W. Mourant
The canal bank (I know a girl) (from The Adventures of Seumas Beg [and] The Rocky Road to Dublin) - M. Bowles, D. Parke, A. Strilko
The cat () - M. Besly, T. Dobson [x]
The centaurs (Playing upon the hill three centaurs were!) (from Songs from the Clay) - W. Busch
The coolin (Come with me, under my coat) (from Reincarnations) - S. Barber, H. Lapp, W. Mourant, D. Parke ⊗
The coolun (Come with me, under my coat) (from Reincarnations) ⊗
The County Mayo (Now with the coming in of the spring) (from Reincarnations) - I. Gurney, J. Trimble ⊗
The crooked paths go every way (from Songs from the Clay) - H. Howells, W. Mourant (The goat paths)
The daisies (In the scented bud of the morning -- O) (from Here are Ladies) - S. Barab, S. Barber, M. Bowles, J. Edmunds, R. Farley, L. Mann, W. Mourant, M. Mulliner, D. Parke, J. Raynor, M. Wyrill SPA
The fifteen acres (I cling and swing) (from The Adventures of Seumas Beg [and] The Rocky Road to Dublin)
The four old men (In the café where I sit) (from Songs from the Clay) - F. Swain
The freedom of the sky (Now the winds are riding by) (from Songs from the Clay) - J. Duke
The goat paths (The crooked paths go every way) (from Songs from the Clay) - H. Howells, W. Mourant
The hawk (Sing while you may, O bird upon the tree!) - S. Barab
The hill is bare : I only find (from The Adventures of Seumas Beg [and] The Rocky Road to Dublin) - E. Cone, T. Dobson, W. Mourant (Katty Gollagher)
The hill () - C. Taylor [x]
The king of the fairy men (I know the man without a soul) (from Songs from the Clay) - S. Homer, F. Swain
The lanky hank of a she in the inn over there (from Reincarnations) - H. Andrews, J. Wilson (Righteous anger)
The long-rolling (from A Poetry Recital) - P. Campbell, A. Duff (The Main Deep)
The Main Deep (The long-rolling) (from A Poetry Recital) - A. Duff
The market (A man came to me at the fair) (from Songs from the Clay) - C. Gibbs
The messenger (Bee! tell me whence do you come?) (from Songs from the Clay) - D. Taylor
The moon comes every night to peep (from The Adventures of Seumas Beg [and] The Rocky Road to Dublin) - E. Bacon, J. Heath, W. Mourant (The white window)
The moon is shining on the sea (from Songs from the Clay) - W. Mourant, D. Taylor (A song for lovers)
The Moon (If the Moon had a hand) (from Here are Ladies)
The mountains stand and stare around (from The Adventures of Seumas Beg [and] The Rocky Road to Dublin) - W. Mourant (The Paps of Dana)
The night was creeping on the ground (from The Adventures of Seumas Beg [and] The Rocky Road to Dublin) - A. Butterworth, W. Mourant (Check)
The Paps of Dana (The mountains stand and stare around) (from The Adventures of Seumas Beg [and] The Rocky Road to Dublin) - W. Mourant
The piper (Shepherd ! while the lambs do feed) (from The Adventures of Seumas Beg [and] The Rocky Road to Dublin) - S. Adler, F. Scott, P. Taylor
There always is a noise when it is dark (from Songs from the Clay) - E. Cone (In the night)
The Red-Bud, the Kentucky Tree (from Collected Poems) - D. Parke (Christmas in Freelands)
There was a man was very old (from The Hill of Vision) - W. Mourant (Nothing at all)
There was a river that rose (from Songs from the Clay) - T. Dobson (At the edge of the sea)
The rivals (I heard a bird at dawn) (from Songs from the Clay) - S. Barab, M. Bowles, A. Duff, W. Mourant, D. Taylor, R. Teed, L. White
The rose in the wind (Dip and swing) (from A Poetry Recital) - S. Barab, W. Mourant
The secret (I was frightened, for a wind) (from The Adventures of Seumas Beg [and] The Rocky Road to Dublin) - W. Mourant, F. Scott
The shell (And then I pressed the shell) (from Insurrections) - W. Mourant
The sky-like girl whom we knew! (from Reincarnations) - W. Mourant (Mary Ruane)
The sun is always in the sky (from The Adventures of Seumas Beg [and] The Rocky Road to Dublin) - T. Dobson, W. Mourant (Breakfast time)
The Tale of Mad Brigid (And then / There rung a bell) (from Insurrections) - W. Mourant
The voice of God (I bent again unto the ground) (from Songs from the Clay) - W. Mourant
The watcher (A rose for a young head) (from Insurrections) - C. Forsyth, B. Treharne
The white swan (Could you but see her) (from Strict Joy) - M. Bowles [x]
The white window (The moon comes every night to peep) (from The Adventures of Seumas Beg [and] The Rocky Road to Dublin) - E. Bacon, J. Heath, W. Mourant
The wind stood up and gave a shout (from The Adventures of Seumas Beg [and] The Rocky Road to Dublin) - S. Adler, E. Cone, M. Lucas (Stephen's Green)
The wind (The wind stood up and gave a shout) (from The Adventures of Seumas Beg [and] The Rocky Road to Dublin) - S. Adler, E. Cone, M. Lucas
The Wood of Flowers (I went to the Wood of Flowers) (from The Adventures of Seumas Beg [and] The Rocky Road to Dublin) - I. Klein, F. Scott
This way to Winter (Day by day) (from Songs from the Clay) - L. Mann
Upon the sober sky thy robes are spread (from Songs from the Clay) FRE GER GER ITA - F. May (Hesperus)
Washed in silver (Gleaming in silver are the hills) (from Songs from the Clay) - W. Mourant
Westland Row (Every Sunday there's a throng) (from The Adventures of Seumas Beg [and] The Rocky Road to Dublin) - T. Dobson
When you walk (In Dublin town the people see) (from The Adventures of Seumas Beg [and] The Rocky Road to Dublin) - W. Mourant
White fields (In the winter children go) (from The Adventures of Seumas Beg [and] The Rocky Road to Dublin) - W. Mourant
Wind and tree (A woman is a branchy tree) (from The Hill of Vision)

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