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Texts by A. Symons set in Art Songs and Choral Works

 § Author § 

Arthur Symons (1865 - 1945)

Text Collections:

  • Amoris Victima
  • Ballades and Rondeaus, Chants Royal, Sestinas, Villanelles, etc.
  • Days and Nights
  • Images of Good and Evil
  • Knave of hearts
  • London Nights
  • Poems of Arthur Symons, Volume 1
  • Poems of Arthur Symons, Volume 2
  • Silhouettes

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.

  • After love (To part now and parting now) (from Silhouettes) - N. Dello Joio, C. Lemont, L. Ronald
  • After sunset (The sea lies quieted beneath) (from Silhouettes - At Dieppe) - J. Becker, L. Campbell-Tipton, B. Neuer, E. Smyth GER
  • Against the world I closed my heart - W. Foster (White magic)
  • Alla passeretta bruna (If I bid yoUy you will come) (from Silhouettes)
  • All things leave me (As a perfume doth remain) (from London Nights - Bianca) - N. Dello Joio
  • Amoris victima (He who has entered by this sorrow's door) (from Amoris Victima - 1. Amoris Victima) - F. Hart
  • A prayer to St. Anthony of Padua (St. Anthony of Padua whom I bear) (from London Nights - Céleste) - B. Neuer, P. Warlock
  • A Roundel of Rest (The peace of a wandering sky) (from Poems of Arthur Symons, Volume 2 - The Loom of Dreams) - H. Howells, N. O'Neill, C. Scott
  • As a perfume doth remain (As a perfume doth remain) (from London Nights - Bianca) - W. Foster
  • As a perfume doth remain (from London Nights - Bianca) - L. Campbell-Tipton, N. Dello Joio, J. Densmore, W. Foster, V. Hickey, C. Lemont, S. Lewis, F. Scott, M. Wald (Memory)
  • As a perfume (As a perfume doth remain) (from London Nights - Bianca) - M. Wald
  • A Spanish pastoral (Shepherd, shepherd, hark that calling!) (from Poems of Arthur Symons, Volume 1 - From Santa Teresa) - I. Boyle ⊗
  • At dawn (She only knew the birth and death) (from Silhouettes) - E. Leginska
  • At Glad-Y-Wern (White-robed against the threefold white) - W. Foster
  • At Glad-Y-Wern
  • Autumn's twilight (The long September evening dies) (from London Nights - Intermezzo: Pastoral) - P. Warlock CHI
  • Autumn twilight (The long September evening dies) (from London Nights - Intermezzo: Pastoral) - G. Cockshott, J. Raynor CHI
  • Because it is the day of Palms (from Images of Good and Evil) GER - J. Ireland, E. Moeran, J. Musto, H. Noble, M. Sheldon (Palm Sunday : Naples)
  • Before the squall (The wind is rising on the sea) (from Silhouettes - At Dieppe) - J. Becker, E. Smyth GER
  • By the Pool at the Third Rosses (I heard the sighing of the reed) (from Images of Good and Evil - In Ireland) - H. Burleigh
  • Caprice (Her mouth is all of roses) - W. Foster
  • Consolation (If living sorrows any boon) (from Knave of hearts) - D. Tcimpidis ITA
  • Dancers from Java (Twitched strings, the clang of metal, beaten drums) (from Silhouettes) - B. Martinů
  • Darkness () - L. Campbell-Tipton [x]
  • Der wilde Sturmwind braust daher - E. Smyth
  • Die Sonne sank hinab - E. Smyth
  • During music (The music had the heat of blood) (from Silhouettes) - W. Watts
  • Fantoches (Scaramouche waves a threatening hand) - W. Johnson CAT FIN GER GER ITA
  • Frail autumn lights upon the leaves (from Silhouettes) - L. Cochran (In autumn)
  • From "La Vida es Sueño" of Calderon (We live, while we see the sun) (from Poems of Arthur Symons, Volume 1) ITA
  • Gipsy love (The gipsy tents are on the down)
  • Gypsy love (The gipsy tents are on the down) - W. Foster
  • Here, there is peace, cool peace (from Silhouettes) - E. Hill, R. Manton (Peace at noon)
  • Her mouth is all of roses - W. Foster (Caprice)
  • He who has entered by this sorrow's door (from Amoris Victima - 1. Amoris Victima) - F. Hart
  • I am engulfed, and drown deliciously (from Days and Nights) - L. Campbell-Tipton (The opium-smoker)
  • I am the torch, she saith, and what to me - W. Foster (Modern beauty)
  • If I bid you, you will come (from Silhouettes) (Alla passeretta bruna) - L. Ronald
  • If I bid yoUy you will come (from Silhouettes) - L. Ronald (Alla passeretta bruna)
  • If living sorrows any boon (from Knave of hearts) ITA - D. Tcimpidis
  • If, Lord, Thy love for me is strong (If, Lord, Thy love for me is strong) (from Poems of Arthur Symons, Volume 1 - From Santa Teresa) - L. Berkeley ⊗
  • If, Lord, Thy love for me is strong (from Poems of Arthur Symons, Volume 1 - From Santa Teresa) - L. Berkeley ⊗
  • I have grown tired of sorrow and human tears (from Images of Good and Evil - In Ireland) - H. Burleigh, H. Sang (In the Wood of Finvara)
  • I have had enough of women, and enough of love (from Images of Good and Evil) - F. Delius, E. Farrar, A. MacCunn (Wanderer's song)
  • I have laid sorrow to sleep - F. Hart (Love and Sleep)
  • I heard the sighing of the reed (from Images of Good and Evil - In Ireland) - H. Burleigh (By the Pool at the Third Rosses)
  • I lie on my pallet bed (from Silhouettes) - L. Ronald (Love in dreams)
  • In autumn (Frail autumn lights upon the leaves) (from Silhouettes) - L. Cochran
  • In Fountain Court (The fountain murmuring of sleep) (from Silhouettes) - M. Besly, P. Campbell, M. Davidson, M. Herbert, W. Hunt, C. Lemont, E. Maconchy, P. McIntyre, A. Russell CHI
  • In Kensington Gardens (Under the almond tree) (from Silhouettes) - E. Hill
  • In the Wood of Finvara (I have grown tired of sorrow and human tears) (from Images of Good and Evil - In Ireland) - H. Burleigh, H. Sang
  • I saw her shadow on the grass (from Ballades and Rondeaus, Chants Royal, Sestinas, Villanelles, etc.) (Vestigia) - M. Carmichael
  • Ist's Leben oder Tod - E. Smyth
  • Javanese Dancers (Twitched strings, the clang of metal, beaten drums) (from Silhouettes)
  • Judges' Walk (That night on Judges' Walk, the wind) (from Silhouettes) - C. Ives
  • June (The fountain murmuring of sleep) (from Silhouettes) - C. Forsyth CHI
  • Let mine eyes see thee, sweet Jesus of Nazareth (from Poems of Arthur Symons, Volume 1 - From Santa Teresa) - L. Berkeley ⊗
  • Let mine eyes see thee (Let mine eyes see thee, sweet Jesus of Nazareth) (from Poems of Arthur Symons, Volume 1 - From Santa Teresa) - L. Berkeley ⊗
  • Life is a dream (We live, while we see the sun) (from Poems of Arthur Symons, Volume 1) - J. Weinzweig ITA
  • Love and Sleep (I have laid sorrow to sleep) - F. Hart
  • Love in dreams (I lie on my pallet bed) (from Silhouettes) - L. Ronald
  • Love is a swallow (Love is a swallow) (from Ballades and Rondeaus, Chants Royal, Sestinas, Villanelles, etc.) - M. Carmichael
  • Love is a swallow (from Ballades and Rondeaus, Chants Royal, Sestinas, Villanelles, etc.) - M. Carmichael (Vestigia)
  • Love's Magnificat (Praise God, who wrought for you and me) (from London Nights) - H. Clough-Leighter
  • Magnificat (Praise God, who wrought for you and me) (from London Nights)
  • Mandoline (The singers of serenades) - W. Johnson CAT CHI CZE GER GER SPA
  • Meeresstille (Ist's Leben oder Tod) - E. Smyth
  • Memory (As a perfume doth remain) (from London Nights - Bianca) - L. Campbell-Tipton, J. Densmore, V. Hickey, C. Lemont, S. Lewis, F. Scott
  • Modern beauty (I am the torch, she saith, and what to me) - W. Foster
  • Montserrat (Peace waits among the hills)
  • Nach dem Sturm (Die Sonne sank hinab) - E. Smyth
  • Naples Bay (Because it is the day of Palms) (from Images of Good and Evil) - H. Noble GER
  • Night, a grey sky, a ghostly sea (from Silhouettes - At Dieppe) - J. Becker (On the beach)
  • O is it death or life that sounds (from Silhouettes - At Dieppe) GER - J. Becker, L. Campbell-Tipton, E. Smyth (Requies)
  • On Judges' Walk (That night on Judges' Walk, the wind) (from Silhouettes)
  • On the beach (Night, a grey sky, a ghostly sea) (from Silhouettes - At Dieppe) - J. Becker
  • O sick heart, be at rest! (from Poems of Arthur Symons, Volume 2 - The Loom of Dreams) - P. Warlock
  • O Water, voice of my heart (from Poems of Arthur Symons, Volume 2 - The Loom of Dreams) - L. Campbell-Tipton, P. McIntyre, J. Raynor (The crying of water)
  • Pain gnaws at my heart like a rat that gnaws at a beam (from Amoris Victima - 2. Amoris Exsul) - J. Ireland (The Rat)
  • Palm Sunday: Naples (Because it is the day of Palms) (from Images of Good and Evil) - J. Musto GER
  • Palm Sunday (Because it is the day of Palms) (from Images of Good and Evil) - M. Sheldon GER
  • Pantomime (Pierrot, no sentimental swain) - W. Johnson CHI GER GER
  • Peace at noon (Here, there is peace, cool peace) (from Silhouettes) - E. Hill, R. Manton
  • Peace waits among the hills - W. Davies (Montserrat)
  • Peace waits among the hills (Peace waits among the hills) - W. Davies
  • Pierrot, no sentimental swain CHI GER GER - W. Johnson (Pantomime)
  • Praise God, who wrought for you and me (from London Nights) - H. Clough-Leighter (Magnificat)
  • Requies (O is it death or life that sounds) (from Silhouettes - At Dieppe) - J. Becker, L. Campbell-Tipton, E. Smyth GER
  • Rest (The peace of a wandering sky) (from Poems of Arthur Symons, Volume 2 - The Loom of Dreams) - J. Ireland
  • Santa Chiara (Because it is the day of Palms) (from Images of Good and Evil) - J. Ireland GER
  • Scaramouche waves a threatening hand CAT FIN GER GER ITA - W. Johnson (Fantoches)
  • She only knew the birth and death (from Silhouettes) - E. Leginska (At dawn)
  • Shepherd, shepherd, hark that calling (Shepherd, shepherd, hark that calling!) (from Poems of Arthur Symons, Volume 1 - From Santa Teresa) - L. Berkeley ⊗
  • Shepherd, shepherd, hark that calling! (from Poems of Arthur Symons, Volume 1 - From Santa Teresa) - L. Berkeley, I. Boyle ⊗
  • Song of June (The fountain murmuring of sleep) (from Silhouettes) - H. Gál CHI
  • St. Anthony of Padua whom I bear (from London Nights - Céleste) - B. Neuer, P. Warlock (A prayer to St. Anthony of Padua)
  • That night on Judges' Walk, the wind (from Silhouettes) - C. Ives (On Judges' Walk)
  • The adoration (Why have you brought me myrrh) (from Poems of Arthur Symons, Volume 2 - The Loom of Dreams) - J. Ireland
  • The boats go out and the boats come in (from Days and Nights) - L. Coerne, C. Edwards, P. McIntyre, H. Tye (The fisher's widow)
  • The crying of water (O Water, voice of my heart) (from Poems of Arthur Symons, Volume 2 - The Loom of Dreams) - L. Campbell-Tipton, P. McIntyre, J. Raynor
  • The Day of Palms (Because it is the day of Palms) (from Images of Good and Evil) - E. Moeran GER
  • The fisher's widow (The boats go out and the boats come in) (from Days and Nights) - L. Coerne, C. Edwards, P. McIntyre, H. Tye
  • The fountain murmuring of sleep (from Silhouettes) CHI - M. Besly, P. Campbell, M. Davidson, C. Forsyth, H. Gál, M. Herbert, W. Hunt, J. Ireland, C. Lemont, E. Maconchy, P. McIntyre, A. Russell (In Fountain Court)
  • The gipsy tents are on the down - W. Foster (Gipsy love)
  • The grey wolf comes again : I had made fast (from Poems of Arthur Symons, Volume 2 - The Loom of Dreams) - H. Burleigh (The grey wolf)
  • The grey wolf comes again (from Poems of Arthur Symons, Volume 2 - The Loom of Dreams) (The grey wolf) - H. Burleigh
  • The grey wolf (The grey wolf comes again : I had made fast) (from Poems of Arthur Symons, Volume 2 - The Loom of Dreams) - H. Burleigh
  • The long September evening dies (from London Nights - Intermezzo: Pastoral) CHI - G. Cockshott, J. Raynor, P. Warlock
  • The music had the heat of blood (from Silhouettes) - W. Watts (During music)
  • The opium-smoker (I am engulfed, and drown deliciously) (from Days and Nights) - L. Campbell-Tipton
  • The peace of a wandering sky (from Poems of Arthur Symons, Volume 2 - The Loom of Dreams) - H. Howells, J. Ireland, N. O'Neill, C. Scott (Rest)
  • The rat (Pain gnaws at my heart like a rat that gnaws at a beam) (from Amoris Victima - 2. Amoris Exsul) - J. Ireland
  • The sea lies quieted beneath (from Silhouettes - At Dieppe) GER - J. Becker, L. Campbell-Tipton, B. Neuer, E. Smyth (After sunset)
  • The sick heart (O sick heart, be at rest!) (from Poems of Arthur Symons, Volume 2 - The Loom of Dreams) - P. Warlock
  • The silence () - F. Hart [x]
  • The singers of serenades CAT CHI CZE GER GER SPA - W. Johnson (Mandoline)
  • The wanderers (Wandering, ever wandering) (from Amoris Victima - 2. Amoris Exsul) - F. Hart
  • The wind is rising on the sea (from Silhouettes - At Dieppe) GER - J. Becker, E. Smyth (Before the squall)
  • Today a shepherd and our kin (Today a shepherd and our kin) (from Poems of Arthur Symons, Volume 1 - From Santa Teresa) - L. Berkeley ⊗
  • Today a shepherd and our kin (from Poems of Arthur Symons, Volume 1 - From Santa Teresa) - L. Berkeley ⊗
  • To part now and parting now (from Silhouettes) - N. Dello Joio, C. Lemont, L. Ronald (After love)
  • Tryst (The fountain murmuring of sleep) (from Silhouettes) - J. Ireland CHI
  • Twitched strings, the clang of metal, beaten drums (from Silhouettes) - B. Martinů (Javanese Dancers)
  • Twitched strings, the clang of metal (from Silhouettes) (Javanese Dancers) - B. Martinů
  • Under the almond tree (from Silhouettes) - E. Hill (In Kensington Gardens)
  • Vestigia (I saw her shadow on the grass) (from Ballades and Rondeaus, Chants Royal, Sestinas, Villanelles, etc.)
  • Vor dem Wetter (Der wilde Sturmwind braust daher) - E. Smyth
  • Wanderer's song (I have had enough of women, and enough of love) (from Images of Good and Evil) - F. Delius, E. Farrar, A. MacCunn
  • Wandering, ever wandering (from Amoris Victima - 2. Amoris Exsul) - F. Hart (The Wanderers)
  • We live, while we see the sun (from Poems of Arthur Symons, Volume 1) ITA - J. Weinzweig (From "La Vida es Sueño" of Calderon)
  • White magic (Against the world I closed my heart) - W. Foster
  • White-robed against the threefold white - W. Foster
  • Why have you brought me myrrh (from Poems of Arthur Symons, Volume 2 - The Loom of Dreams) - J. Ireland (The adoration)
  • You are mine (If I bid yoUy you will come) (from Silhouettes) - L. Ronald

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