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Texts by W. Yeats set in Art Songs and Choral Works

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William Butler Yeats (1865 - 1939)

Text Collections:

  • Ballads and Lyrics
  • Calvary
  • East and West
  • In the Seven Woods
  • Irish Fairy Tales
  • New Poems
  • Nine Poems
  • October Blast
  • Poems Lyrical and Narrative
  • Poems Written in Discouragement
  • Responsibilities and Other Poems
  • Seven Poems and a Fragment
  • Stories of Michael Robartes and his Friends
  • The Countess Kathleen and Various Legends and Lyrics
  • The Green Helmet and Other Poems
  • The Land of Heart's Desire
  • The New Keepsake
  • The Rose
  • The Tower
  • The Wanderings of Oisin and Other Poems
  • The Wild Swans at Coole
  • The Wind among the reeds
  • The Winding Stair
  • Those who live in the storm
  • Under Ben Bulben
  • Words for Music Perhaps and Other Poems

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

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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 Coat (I made my song a coat) (from Responsibilities and Other Poems) - R. Williams FRE
  • A cradle song (The angels are stooping, above your bed) (from The Rose) - N. Douty, C. Duncan, R. Evans, S. Grill, I. Gurney, F. Hart, D. Healey, H. Ley, O. Underhill, E. Weigel, G. Whettam, M. Worder ITA
  • A crazed girl (That crazed girl improvising her music)
  • A deep-sworn vow (Others because you did not keep) - J. Tavener
  • A dream of death (I dreamed that one had died in a strange place) - L. Gilman, R. Milford, E. Moeran, G. Whettam FRE
  • A dream (I dreamed that one had died in a strange place) - R. Clarke FRE
  • A drinking song (Wine comes in at the mouth) (from The Green Helmet and Other Poems) - S. Bodley, J. Eidson, D. Healey, D. Keats, E. Weigel FRE IRI
  • A drunken man's praise of sobriety (Come swish around, my pretty punk) (from New Poems) - J. Harvey
  • Aedh hears the Cry of the Sedge (I wander by the edge) (from The Wind among the reeds) FRE
  • Aedh laments the Loss of Love (Pale brows, still hands and dim hair) (from The Wind among the reeds) FRE ITA
  • Aedh tells of the perfect Beauty (O cloud-pale eyelids, dream-dimmed eyes) (from The Wind among the reeds) FRE
  • Aedh tells of the Rose in his Heart (All things uncomely and broken, all things worn out and old) (from The Wind among the reeds) FRE
  • Aedh thinks of those who have spoken Evil of his Beloved (Half close your eyelids, loosen your hair)
  • Aedh wished for the cloths of heaven (Had I the heavens' embroidered cloths) (from The Wind among the reeds) - F. Austin, H. Bedford, L. Ronald, C. Van Nuys Fogel FRE GER HUN
  • Aedh wishes for the cloths of heaven (Had I the heavens' embroidered cloths) (from The Wind among the reeds) - P. Campbell, J. Eidson FRE GER HUN
  • Aedh wishes his Beloved were dead (Were you but lying cold and dead) (from The Wind among the reeds) - H. Eichheim, C. Van Nuys Fogel FRE
  • A faery song (We who are old, old and gay) - H. Brian, R. Warren FRE
  • A first confession (I admit the briar) (from The Winding Stair - A Woman Young and Old)
  • After long silence (Speech after long silence; it is right) (from Words for Music Perhaps and Other Poems) - R. Warren
  • A Last Confession (What lively lad most pleasured me) (from The Winding Stair - A Woman Young and Old) - K. Puts
  • Aleel's song (Impetuous heart, be still, be still) (from The Countess Kathleen and Various Legends and Lyrics) - H. Kauder FRE
  • All the heavy days are over (from The Countess Kathleen and Various Legends and Lyrics) - J. Edmunds, A. Mallinson, J. Tavener
  • All the words that I gather (All the words that I gather) (from Irish Fairy Tales) - L. Campbell-Tipton FRE IRI
  • All the words that I gather (from Irish Fairy Tales) FRE IRI - L. Campbell-Tipton, I. Gurney, E. Whyte (Where my books go)
  • All the words that I utter (All the words that I gather) (from Irish Fairy Tales) - I. Gurney FRE IRI
  • All the words that I utter (from Irish Fairy Tales) FRE IRI (Where my books go) - L. Campbell-Tipton, I. Gurney, E. Whyte
  • All things can tempt me from this craft of verse (from Responsibilities and Other Poems) - L. Dykstra (All things can tempt me)
  • All things can tempt me (All things can tempt me from this craft of verse) (from Responsibilities and Other Poems) - L. Dykstra
  • All things uncomely and broken, all things worn out and old (from The Wind among the reeds) FRE (Aedh tells of the Rose in his Heart) - N. Marshall, J. Raynor
  • All things uncomely and broken, all things worn out and old (from The Wind among the reeds) FRE - N. Marshall, J. Raynor (The lover tells of the Rose in his Heart)
  • Although crowds gathered once if she but showed her face (from Responsibilities and Other Poems) - K. Puts (Fallen Majesty)
  • Although I can see him still — - L. Dykstra (The fisherman)
  • A lyric from an unpublished play (Put off that mask of burning gold) (from The Green Helmet and Other Poems)
  • A mad song (I went out to the hazel wood) CHI FRE GER
  • An angel's lullaby (The angels are stooping, above your bed) (from The Rose) - S. Ebel ITA
  • A nativity (What woman hugs her infant there?) - C. Duncan
  • An epitaph (I dreamed that one had died in a strange place) FRE
  • An Indian song (The island dreams under the dawn) (from Ballads and Lyrics) FRE
  • An Irish airman foresees his death (I know that I shall meet my fate) (from The Wild Swans at Coole) - B. Hardin, E. Hugh-Jones, M. Rusche FRE
  • An old song re-sung (Down by the Salley Gardens my love and I did meet) (from The Wanderings of Oisin and Other Poems) CAT DUT FRE FRI FRI GER
  • An old song (Sweetheart, do not love too long) (from In the Seven Woods) - S. Ebel FRE
  • Aodh to Dectora (Were you but lying cold and dead) (from The Wind among the reeds) FRE
  • A pity beyond all telling (A pity beyond all telling) (from The Countess Kathleen and Various Legends and Lyrics) - R. Schonthal FRE IRI
  • A pity beyond all telling (from The Countess Kathleen and Various Legends and Lyrics) FRE IRI - S. Grill, R. Schonthal, R. Warren (The pity of love)
  • A Poet to His Beloved (I bring you with reverent hands) (from The Wind among the reeds) - L. Liebermann, P. Schwartz FRE
  • As I came over Windy Gap - B. Stevens (Running to Paradise)
  • A song for music: Those dancing days are gone (Come, let me sing into your ear) FRE
  • A song (I thought no more was needed) (from Nine Poems) - R. Warren
  • A speckled cat and a tame hare (from The Wild Swans at Coole - Two Songs of a Fool) FRE - S. Grill
  • A starlit or a moonlit dome disdains - J. Hawkins
  • A star lit or a moon (A starlit or a moonlit dome disdains) - J. Hawkins
  • A sudden blow: the great wings beating still (from The Tower) FRE - J. Langert, E. Tanenbaum, P. Westergaard (Leda and the Swan)
  • Autumn is over the long leaves that love us (from The Wanderings of Oisin and Other Poems) - A. Blank, N. Marshall, D. Parke, J. Raynor (The falling of the leaves)
  • Bald heads forgetful of their sins (from The Wild Swans at Coole) FRE (The scholars) -
  • Bald heads forgetful of their sins - J. Eidson (The scholars)
  • Ballad of the Foxhunter ('Lay me in a cushioned chair) (from East and West) - B. Holmes, C. Loeffler
  • Before the world was made (If I make the lashes dark) (from The Winding Stair - A Woman Young and Old) - F. Routh, O. Underhill FRE
  • Beloved, may your sleep be sound (from The New Keepsake) - J. Beeson, L. Berkeley, J. Eaton, M. Tippett, J. Wilson (Lullaby)
  • Between extremities (Vacillation) - R. Beckett
  • Be you still, be you still, trembling heart ITA - R. Roderick-Jones, P. Schwartz (Out of the old days)
  • Bring me to the blasted oak (from The Winding Stair) - S. Grill, P. Hadley, D. Lidov, P. Paviour, D. Young (Crazy Jane and the Bishop)
  • Brown Penny (Another Waltz) (I whispered, "I am too young,") (from The Green Helmet and Other Poems) - V. Rieti
  • Brown penny (I whispered, "I am too young,") (from The Green Helmet and Other Poems) - A. Blank, J. Duke, R. Rollin, R. Warren
  • But I was young and foolish (Down by the Salley Gardens my love and I did meet) (from The Wanderings of Oisin and Other Poems) - S. Adler CAT DUT FRE FRI FRI GER
  • Cantata III (Leda and the Swan) (A sudden blow: the great wings beating still) (from The Tower) - P. Westergaard FRE
  • Cap and Bell (The Jester walked in the garden) CZE
  • Čapka s rolničkami () - V. Ambros [x]
  • Cathleen ni Houlihan (The old brown thorn-trees break in two high over Cummen Strand) - I. Gurney
  • Cathleen, the Daughter of Hoolihan (The old brown thorn-trees break in two high over Cummen Strand)
  • Cloths of heaven (Had I the heavens' embroidered cloths) (from The Wind among the reeds) - H. Roberton FRE GER HUN
  • Colonel Martin (The Colonel went out sailing) - A. O'Murnaghan
  • Colonnus' praise (Come praise Colonus' horses, and come praise) (from The Tower) - L. Berkeley
  • Come away! (Where dips the rocky highland) - S. Ebel
  • Come gather round me, Parnellites (Come gather round me, Parnellites) - Anonymous
  • Come, let me sing into your ear FRE - P. Aston, J. Brettingham Smith, J. Huggler, R. Warren, D. Young (A song for music: Those dancing days are gone)
  • Come play with me (from The Wild Swans at Coole) FRE - E. Weigel (To a squirrel at Kyle-na-no)
  • Come praise Colonnus' horses (from The Tower) (Colonnus' praise) - L. Berkeley
  • Come praise Colonus' horses, and come praise (from The Tower) - L. Berkeley (Colonnus' praise)
  • Come swish around, my pretty punk (from New Poems) - J. Harvey (A drunken man's praise of sobriety)
  • Consolation (O but there is wisdom) (from The Winding Stair - A Woman Young and Old) - K. Schoonenbeek
  • Crazy Jane and Jack the Journeyman (I know, although when looks meet) (from Words for Music Perhaps and Other Poems) - S. Grill, P. Hadley, D. Lidov
  • Crazy Jane and the Bishop (Bring me to the blasted oak) (from The Winding Stair) - S. Grill, P. Hadley, D. Lidov, P. Paviour, D. Young
  • Crazy Jane and the Dancers (I found that ivory image there)
  • Crazy Jane grown old looks at the dancers (I found that ivory image there) - P. Aston, S. Grill, P. Hadley, D. Lidov, P. Paviour, D. Young
  • Crazy Jane on God (That lover of a night) (from Words for Music Perhaps and Other Poems) - J. Beeson, S. Grill, P. Hadley, D. Lidov, P. Paviour
  • Crazy Jane on the Day of Judgement (Love is all) (from Words for Music Perhaps and Other Poems) - S. Grill, P. Hadley
  • Crazy Jane on the Day of Judgment (Love is all) (from Words for Music Perhaps and Other Poems) - A. Berger, D. Lidov, P. Paviour
  • Crazy Jane reproved (I care not what the sailors say) - J. Beeson, S. Grill, P. Hadley, D. Lidov, P. Paviour
  • Crazy Jane talks with the Bishop (I met the Bishop on the road) (from The Winding Stair) - P. Aston, S. Grill, P. Hadley, D. Lidov, B. Moore, P. Paviour, D. Young GER GER
  • Dance there upon the shore - L. Dykstra, S. Grill, M. Murray, D. Ruyneman, R. Schonthal, J. Tavener, J. Weiss, H. Wood (To a child dancing in the wind)
  • Dancing days (Come, let me sing into your ear) - J. Brettingham Smith FRE
  • Do not love too long (Sweetheart, do not love too long) (from In the Seven Woods) - S. Barab FRE
  • Down by the Salley Gardens my love and I did meet (from The Wanderings of Oisin and Other Poems) CAT DUT FRE FRI FRI GER (An old song re-sung) - S. Adler, A. Blank, J. Brash, B. Britten, A. Bush, P. Campbell, R. Clarke, J. Cloud, J. Collins, A. DeBeer, A. Decevee, J. Edmunds, E. Erickson, G. Finzi, I. Gurney, I. Hinchliffe, H. Hughes, J. Ireland, J. Jeffreys, E. Mandel, D. Methold, M. Plumstead, I. Poldowski, J. Raynor, R. Rollin, M. Shaw, H. Taylor
  • Down by the Salley Gardens my love and I did meet (from The Wanderings of Oisin and Other Poems) CAT DUT FRE FRI FRI GER - S. Adler, A. Blank, J. Brash, B. Britten, A. Bush, P. Campbell, R. Clarke, J. Cloud, J. Collins, A. DeBeer, A. Decevee, J. Edmunds, E. Erickson, G. Finzi, I. Gurney, I. Hinchliffe, H. Hughes, J. Ireland, J. Jeffreys, E. Mandel, D. Methold, M. Plumstead, I. Poldowski, J. Raynor, R. Rollin, M. Shaw, H. Taylor (Down by the Salley Gardens)
  • Down by the Salley Gardens (Down by the Salley Gardens my love and I did meet) (from The Wanderings of Oisin and Other Poems) - A. Blank, J. Brash, A. Bush, P. Campbell, R. Clarke, J. Collins, A. DeBeer, A. Decevee, E. Erickson, I. Gurney, I. Hinchliffe, H. Hughes, E. Mandel, D. Methold, M. Plumstead, I. Poldowski, J. Raynor, R. Rollin, M. Shaw, H. Taylor CAT DUT FRE FRI FRI GER
  • Dream of a blessed spirit (All the heavy days are over) (from The Countess Kathleen and Various Legends and Lyrics) - A. Mallinson
  • Drinking song (Wine comes in at the mouth) (from The Green Helmet and Other Poems) - B. Boydell, K. Puts FRE IRI
  • Dry timber under that rich foliage (Dry timber under that rich foliage) (from The Winding Stair - A Woman Young and Old) - J. Wilson
  • Dry timber under that rich foliage (from The Winding Stair - A Woman Young and Old) - J. Wilson (Her vision in the wood)
  • Earth in beauty dressed (from The Winding Stair) - J. Beeson, S. Grill, K. Humble (Her anxiety)
  • Easter, 1916 (I have met them at close of day) - B. Boydell
  • Elegy (Pale brows, still hands and dim hair) (from The Wind among the reeds) - R. Warren FRE ITA
  • Endure what life God gives and ask no longer span (from October Blast) - S. Bodley, R. Warren (From "Oedipus at Colonus")
  • Ephemera (Your eyes that once were never weary of mine) (from The Wanderings of Oisin and Other Poems) - P. Hadley
  • Everlasting voices (O sweet everlasting Voices, be still) - T. Kelly
  • Faery song (The wind blows out of the gates of the day) (from The Land of Heart's Desire) - H. Gilbert
  • Fallen Majesty (Although crowds gathered once if she but showed her face) (from Responsibilities and Other Poems) - K. Puts
  • Father and child (She hears me strike the board and say) (from The Winding Stair - A Woman Young and Old) - F. Routh
  • For Anne Gregory (Never shall a young man) - F. Routh, R. Warren
  • From "Oedipus at Colonus" (Endure what life God gives and ask no longer span) (from October Blast) - R. Warren
  • From the "Antigone" (Overcome -- O bitter sweetness) (from The Winding Stair - A Woman Young and Old) - F. Routh
  • Girl's song (I went out alone) - A. Berger, C. Duncan, J. Eaton, K. Humble
  • Had I the heavens' embroidered cloths (from The Wind among the reeds) FRE GER HUN (Aedh wishes for the cloths of heaven) - F. Austin, G. Bachlund, H. Bedford, B. Boydell, W. Browne, C. Brumby, P. Campbell, J. Carter, R. Clarke, T. Dunhill, L. Dykstra, S. Ebel, J. Eidson, D. Elwyn-Edwards, R. Evans, I. Gurney, M. Harvey, P. Heininen, G. Kerry, L. Liebermann, E. Maconchy, N. Marshall, K. Puts, J. Raynor, H. Roberton, R. Roderick-Jones, L. Ronald, R. Samuel, D. Stewart, J. Tavener, C. Van Nuys Fogel, P. Warlock
  • Had I the heavens' embroidered cloths (Had I the heavens' embroidered cloths) (from The Wind among the reeds) - W. Browne, J. Raynor, R. Samuel, D. Stewart FRE GER HUN
  • Had I the heavens' embroidered cloths (from The Wind among the reeds) FRE GER HUN - F. Austin, G. Bachlund, H. Bedford, B. Boydell, W. Browne, C. Brumby, P. Campbell, J. Carter, R. Clarke, T. Dunhill, L. Dykstra, S. Ebel, J. Eidson, D. Elwyn-Edwards, R. Evans, I. Gurney, M. Harvey, P. Heininen, G. Kerry, L. Liebermann, E. Maconchy, N. Marshall, K. Puts, J. Raynor, H. Roberton, R. Roderick-Jones, L. Ronald, R. Samuel, D. Stewart, J. Tavener, C. Van Nuys Fogel, P. Warlock (He wishes for the cloths of heaven)
  • Half close your eyelids, loosen your hair - T. Dunhill, K. Puts, P. Schwartz (Aedh thinks of those who have spoken Evil of his Beloved)
  • Has no one said those daring - L. Dykstra, S. Grill, J. Tavener (Two years later)
  • Hätt' ich der Himmel besticktes Tuch FRE HUN - G. Bachlund
  • Heavens' cloths (Had I the heavens' embroidered cloths) (from The Wind among the reeds) - S. Ebel FRE GER HUN
  • He Bids His Beloved Be at Peace (I hear the Shadowy Horses, their long manes a-shake) (from The Wind among the reeds) - K. Puts FRE ITA
  • He hears the cry of the sedge (I wander by the edge) (from The Wind among the reeds) - S. Grill, L. Liebermann, P. Schwartz, P. Warlock FRE
  • Her anxiety (Earth in beauty dressed) (from The Winding Stair) - J. Beeson, K. Humble
  • Her dream (I dreamed as in my bed I lay) (from The Winding Stair) - D. Young
  • He Remembers Forgotten Beauty (When my arms wrap you round I press) - L. Liebermann
  • He reproves the curlew (O, curlew, cry no more in the air) - P. Glanville-Hicks, R. Roderick-Jones, P. Warlock FRE ITA
  • Her triumph (I did the dragon's will until you came) (from The Winding Stair - A Woman Young and Old) - F. Routh, O. Underhill
  • Her vision in the wood (Dry timber under that rich foliage) (from The Winding Stair - A Woman Young and Old)
  • He tells of a valley full of lovers (I dreamed that I stood in a valley, and amid sighs) - R. Schonthal
  • He tells of the perfect beauty (O cloud-pale eyelids, dream-dimmed eyes) (from The Wind among the reeds) - P. Schwartz FRE
  • He Thinks Of His Past Greatness When A Part Of The Constellations Of Heaven (I have drunk ale from the Country of the Young) (from The Wind among the reeds) - L. Liebermann
  • He thinks of those who have spoken evil of his beloved (Half close your eyelids, loosen your hair) - K. Puts, P. Schwartz
  • He wishes for the cloths of heaven (Had I the heavens' embroidered cloths) (from The Wind among the reeds) - G. Bachlund, L. Dykstra, R. Evans, M. Harvey, G. Kerry, L. Liebermann, N. Marshall, K. Puts, R. Roderick-Jones, J. Tavener FRE GER HUN
  • He wishes his Beloved were Dead (Were you but lying cold and dead) (from The Wind among the reeds) FRE
  • He Wishes His Beloved Were Dead (Were you lying cold and dead) - L. Liebermann
  • He with body waged a fight - J. Harvey (The four ages of Man)
  • Hidden by old age awhile (from The Winding Stair - A Woman Young and Old) - F. Routh (Meeting)
  • Himmelstuch (Hätt' ich der Himmel besticktes Tuch) - G. Bachlund FRE HUN
  • His chosen comrades thought at school - I. Venables (What Then?)
  • His confidence (Undying love to buy) (from The Winding Stair) - A. Berger
  • How can I, that girl standing there FRE ITA - J. Duke, S. Wilkinson (Politics)
  • How I shall miss you (The angels are stooping, above your bed) (from The Rose) - T. del Riego ITA
  • I admit the briar (from The Winding Stair - A Woman Young and Old) - J. Wilson (A first confession)
  • I admit the briar (I admit the briar) (from The Winding Stair - A Woman Young and Old) - J. Wilson
  • I am of Ireland (I am of Ireland) (from Words for Music Perhaps and Other Poems) - P. Aston
  • I am worn out with dreams (from The Wild Swans at Coole) FRE - L. Dykstra, R. Warren (Men improve with the years)
  • I bring you with reverent hands (from The Wind among the reeds) FRE - L. Liebermann, P. Schwartz (A Poet to His Beloved)
  • I care not what the sailors say - J. Beeson, S. Grill, P. Hadley, D. Lidov, P. Paviour (Crazy Jane reproved)
  • I cried when the moon was murmuring to the birds (from In the Seven Woods) FRE - P. Warlock (The withering of the boughs)
  • I did the dragon's will until you came (from The Winding Stair - A Woman Young and Old) - F. Routh, O. Underhill, J. Wilson (Her triumph)
  • I did the dragon's will until you came (I did the dragon's will until you came) (from The Winding Stair - A Woman Young and Old) - J. Wilson
  • I don't care what the soldiers say (Crazy Jane reproved) - J. Beeson, S. Grill, P. Hadley, D. Lidov, P. Paviour
  • I dreamed as in my bed I lay (from The Winding Stair) - D. Young (Her dream)
  • I dreamed that I stood in a valley, and amid sighs - J. Damon, R. Schonthal (He tells of a valley full of lovers)
  • I dreamed that I stood in a valley, and amid sighs (The valley of lovers) - J. Damon, R. Schonthal
  • I dreamed that one had died in a strange place FRE - R. Clarke, L. Gilman, R. Milford, E. Moeran, G. Whettam (An epitaph)
  • If I made the lashes dark (from The Winding Stair - A Woman Young and Old) FRE (Before the world was made) - F. Routh, O. Underhill, J. Wilson
  • If I made the lashes dark (If I make the lashes dark) (from The Winding Stair - A Woman Young and Old) - J. Wilson FRE
  • If I make the lashes dark (from The Winding Stair - A Woman Young and Old) FRE - F. Routh, O. Underhill, J. Wilson (Before the world was made)
  • I found that ivory image there - P. Aston, S. Grill, P. Hadley, D. Lidov, P. Paviour, D. Young (Crazy Jane and the Dancers)
  • I have drunk ale from the Country of the Young (from The Wind among the reeds) - L. Liebermann (Mongan thinks of his past Greatness)
  • I have met them at close of day - B. Boydell (Easter, 1916)
  • I have old women's secrets now (from The Tower) - S. Barber (The secrets of the old)
  • I heard the old, old men say (from In the Seven Woods) FRE - G. Bachlund, K. Bissell, S. Grill, R. Rollin, N. Rorem, J. Tavener, R. Warren (The old men admiring themselves in the water)
  • I hear the Shadowy Horses, their long manes a-shake (from The Wind among the reeds) FRE ITA - S. Homer, K. Puts (He bids his Beloved be at Peace)
  • I hear the Shadowy Horses, their long manes a-shake (from The Wind among the reeds) FRE ITA (Michael Robartes bids his Beloved be at Peace) - S. Homer, K. Puts
  • I know, although when looks meet (from Words for Music Perhaps and Other Poems) - S. Grill, P. Hadley, D. Lidov, P. Paviour (Crazy Jane and Jack the Journeyman)
  • I know that I shall meet my fate (from The Wild Swans at Coole) FRE - B. Hardin, E. Hugh-Jones, M. Rusche (An Irish airman foresees his death)
  • I made my song a coat (from Responsibilities and Other Poems) FRE - R. Schonthal, R. Williams, J. Wilson (A Coat)
  • I made my song a coat (I made my song a coat) (from Responsibilities and Other Poems) - R. Schonthal FRE
  • I met the Bishop on the road (from The Winding Stair) GER GER - P. Aston, S. Grill, P. Hadley, D. Lidov, B. Moore, P. Paviour, D. Young (Crazy Jane talks with the Bishop)
  • Impetuous heart, be still, be still (from The Countess Kathleen and Various Legends and Lyrics) FRE - H. Kauder, E. Maconchy
  • Impetuous heart, be still (Impetuous heart, be still, be still) (from The Countess Kathleen and Various Legends and Lyrics) - E. Maconchy FRE
  • Incantation (I saw a staring virgin stand) (from Stories of Michael Robartes and his Friends) - J. Joubert
  • Innisfree (I will arise and go now, and go to Innisfree) (from The Rose) - B. Burrows, M. Howe, T. Kelly CHI FRE HUN ITA
  • In the Twilight (Out-worn heart, in a time out-worn) - P. Crossley-Holland
  • Into the Twilight (Out-worn heart, in a time out-worn) - R. Boughton, L. Coerne
  • I rise in the dawn, and I kneel and blow - R. Housman (The song of the old mother)
  • Irish poets, earn your trade (from Under Ben Bulben) - J. Eaton
  • Irish poets learn your trade (from Under Ben Bulben)
  • I saw a staring virgin stand (from Stories of Michael Robartes and his Friends) - J. Joubert
  • I slept on my three-leged stool by the fire (from The Wild Swans at Coole - Two Songs of a Fool) FRE - S. Grill
  • I sought a theme and sought for it in vain - L. Dykstra (The circus animals' desertion)
  • I, the poet William Yeats - S. Gerber (To Be Carved on a Stone at Thoor Ballylee)
  • I think it better that in times like these - R. Beckett (On being asked for a War Poem)
  • I thought no more was needed (from Nine Poems) - R. Warren (A song)
  • I turn round - K. Humble (The Lady's First Song)
  • I wander by the edge (from The Wind among the reeds) FRE (Aedh hears the Cry of the Sedge) - S. Grill, L. Liebermann, P. Schwartz, P. Warlock
  • I wander by the edge (from The Wind among the reeds) FRE - S. Grill, L. Liebermann, P. Schwartz, P. Warlock (He hears the Cry of the Sedge)
  • I was young and foolish (Down by the Salley Gardens my love and I did meet) (from The Wanderings of Oisin and Other Poems) - J. Jeffreys CAT DUT FRE FRI FRI GER
  • I went out alone - A. Berger, C. Duncan, J. Eaton, S. Grill, K. Humble (Girl's song)
  • I went out to the hazel wood CHI FRE GER - G. Bachlund, D. Bourgeois, J. Brown, D. Droste, J. Edmunds, R. Evans, D. Leitch (A mad song)
  • I whispered, "I am too young," (from The Green Helmet and Other Poems) - A. Blank, J. Duke, V. Rieti, R. Rollin, R. Warren (The young man's song)
  • I will arise and go now, and go to Innisfree (from The Rose) CHI FRE HUN ITA - R. Braun, B. Burrows, A. Bush, W. Butler, P. Campbell, J. Couch, R. Evans, B. Fairchild, A. Foote, G. Gibbs, I. Gurney, M. Herbert, T. Hoekman, M. Howe, T. Kelly, G. Kerry, L. Lehmann, H. Ley, B. Moore, A. Morrison, J. Palmer, G. Peel, E. Poston, T. Ritchie, R. Schonthal, R. Sowash, H. Willan, D. Zanders (The Lake Isle of Innisfree)
  • I will arise now (I will arise and go now, and go to Innisfree) (from The Rose) - R. Schonthal CHI FRE HUN ITA
  • I would that we were, my beloved, white birds on the foam of the sea - N. Marshall (The white birds)
  • IX. Young Man's Song ('She will change,' I cried) (from Words for Music Perhaps and Other Poems) - S. Grill
  • Jane with Jack the Journeyman (I know, although when looks meet) (from Words for Music Perhaps and Other Poems) - P. Paviour
  • Lake Isle of Innisfree (I will arise and go now, and go to Innisfree) (from The Rose) - B. Fairchild CHI FRE HUN ITA
  • 'Lay me in a cushioned chair (from East and West) - B. Holmes, C. Loeffler (The Ballad of the Old Foxhunter)
  • Leda and the Swan (A sudden blow: the great wings beating still) (from The Tower) - J. Langert, E. Tanenbaum FRE
  • Long-legged fly (That civilisation may not sink) - J. Wilson FRE
  • Love is all / unsatisfied (from Words for Music Perhaps and Other Poems) (Crazy Jane on the Day of Judgment) - A. Berger, S. Grill, P. Hadley, D. Lidov, P. Paviour
  • Love is all (from Words for Music Perhaps and Other Poems) - A. Berger, S. Grill, P. Hadley, D. Lidov, P. Paviour (Crazy Jane on the Day of Judgment)
  • Lullaby (Beloved, may your sleep be sound) (from The New Keepsake) - J. Beeson, L. Berkeley, M. Tippett, J. Wilson
  • Maid Quiet (A Madrigal) (Where has Maid Quiet gone to) (from Poems Lyrical and Narrative) - V. Rieti
  • Maid Quiet (Where has Maid Quiet gone to) (from Poems Lyrical and Narrative) - I. Gurney, E. Poston
  • Maude Gonne takes down a book (When you are old and gray and full of sleep) (from The Countess Kathleen and Various Legends and Lyrics) - S. Wilkinson CHI FRE GER HUN ITA
  • Meeting (Hidden by old age awhile) (from The Winding Stair - A Woman Young and Old) - F. Routh
  • Men improve with the years (I am worn out with dreams) (from The Wild Swans at Coole) - L. Dykstra, R. Warren FRE
  • Michael Robartes Bids his Beloved be at Peace (I hear the Shadowy Horses, their long manes a-shake) (from The Wind among the reeds) - S. Homer FRE ITA
  • Mongan thinks of his past Greatness (I have drunk ale from the Country of the Young) (from The Wind among the reeds)
  • Motionless under the moon-beam (from Calvary) - R. Warren
  • Much did I rage when young - L. Dykstra (Youth and age)
  • My dear, my dear I know (from Nine Poems) FRE - N. Rorem, S. Wilkinson (To a young girl)
  • My fiftieth year had come and gone - R. Beckett (Vacillation)
  • My fiftieth year (My fiftieth year had come and gone) - R. Beckett
  • My mother dandled me and sang - J. Carpenter (The Player Queen: Song from an Unfinished Play)
  • My shy one (Shy one, shy one) (from The Wanderings of Oisin and Other Poems) - S. Ebel FRE IRI
  • Nativity (What woman hugs her infant there?)
  • Never give all the heart, for love - M. Ingoldsby (Never give all the heart)
  • Never Give All the Heart (Never give all the heart, for love) - M. Ingoldsby
  • Never shall a young man - M. Dalby, J. Duke, F. Routh, R. Warren (For Anne Gregory)
  • Never to have lived is best (Endure what life God gives and ask no longer span) (from October Blast) - S. Bodley
  • No second Troy (Why should I blame her that she filled my days) (from The Green Helmet and Other Poems) - R. Beckett, S. Shifrin FRE
  • Now all the truth is out (from Poems Written in Discouragement) - H. Wood (To a Friend whose Work has come to Nothing)
  • Now lay me in a cushioned chair (from East and West) (The Ballad of the Old Foxhunter) - B. Holmes, C. Loeffler
  • O but there is wisdom (from The Winding Stair - A Woman Young and Old) - K. Schoonenbeek, J. Wilson (Consolation)
  • O but there is wisdom (O but there is wisdom) (from The Winding Stair - A Woman Young and Old) - J. Wilson
  • O but we talked at large before - J. Eidson, F. Scott (Sixteen dead men)
  • O cloud-pale eyelids, dream-dimmed eyes (from The Wind among the reeds) FRE (Aedh tells of the perfect Beauty) - P. Schwartz
  • O cloud-pale eyelids, dream-dimmed eyes (from The Wind among the reeds) FRE - P. Schwartz (He tells of the Perfect Beauty)
  • O cruel Death, give three things back," - D. Young (Three things)
  • O, curlew, cry no more in the air FRE ITA - L. Gilman, P. Glanville-Hicks, R. Roderick-Jones, J. Tavener, P. Warlock (O'Sullivan Rua to the Curlew)
  • O do not love too long (Sweetheart, do not love too long) (from In the Seven Woods) - N. Rorem, R. Warren, S. Wilkinson FRE
  • O'Driscoll drove with a song - T. Dunhill, C. Loeffler, N. Marshall (The stolen bride)
  • O hurry where by water among the trees (from In the Seven Woods) - A. Hoddinott, D. Keberle
  • Old men (I heard the old, old men say) (from In the Seven Woods) - G. Bachlund FRE
  • On being asked for a War Poem (I think it better that in times like these) - R. Beckett
  • One that is ever kind said yesterday (from In the Seven Woods) - R. Clarke, I. Gurney (The folly of being comforted)
  • O'Sullivan Rua to the Curlew (O, curlew, cry no more in the air) FRE ITA
  • O sweet everlasting Voices, be still - J. Chatillon, J. Edmunds, T. Kelly, R. Roderick-Jones, D. Ruyneman, R. Schonthal, P. Warlock, D. Wickens (Everlasting voices)
  • O Sweet Everlasting Voices (O sweet everlasting Voices, be still) - J. Edmunds
  • Others because you did not keep - J. Tavener (A deep-sworn vow)
  • Out of the old days (Be you still, be you still, trembling heart) ITA
  • Out-worn heart, in a time out-worn - R. Boughton, L. Coerne, P. Crossley-Holland (The Celtic Twilight)
  • Overcome -- O bitter sweetness (from The Winding Stair - A Woman Young and Old) - F. Routh (From the "Antigone")
  • O what to me the little room (from Those who live in the storm) - H. Eichheim, J. Eidson, L. Gilman (The heart of the woman)
  • Pale brows, still hands and dim hair (from The Wind among the reeds) FRE ITA (Aedh laments the Loss of Love) - P. Warlock, R. Warren
  • Pale brows, still hands and dim hair (from The Wind among the reeds) FRE ITA - P. Warlock, R. Warren (The lover mours for the loss of love)
  • Politics (How can I, that girl standing there) - J. Duke, S. Wilkinson FRE ITA
  • Put off that mask of burning gold (from The Green Helmet and Other Poems) - E. Budai, R. Warren (A lyric from an unpublished play)
  • Red Hanrahan's Song about Ireland (The old brown thorn-trees break in two high over Cummen Strand) - B. Boydell
  • Red Hanrahan's Song (The old brown thorn-trees break in two high over Cummen Strand) - B. Boydell
  • Rosa Mundi (Who dreamed that beauty passes like a dream?) (from The Rose) FRE
  • Running to Paradise (As I came over Windy Gap) - B. Stevens
  • Said lady once to lover - E. Dulac (The three bushes)
  • Sailing to Byzantium (That is no country for old men. The young) (from October Blast) - R. Beckett, R. Warren GER ITA
  • She hears me strike the board and say (from The Winding Stair - A Woman Young and Old) - F. Routh (Father and child)
  • She hears me strike the board (from The Winding Stair - A Woman Young and Old) (Father and child) - F. Routh
  • She lived in storm and strife - R. Schonthal (That the night come)
  • 'She will change,' I cried (from Words for Music Perhaps and Other Poems) - S. Grill
  • Shy one, shy one (from The Wanderings of Oisin and Other Poems) FRE IRI - A. Blank, H. Brian, P. Campbell, R. Clarke, S. Ebel, J. Eidson, L. Hoiby, P. Johnson, C. Le Fleming, A. Mallinson, E. Mandel, J. Raynor, E. Weigel, E. Whithorne, H. Willan (To an isle in the water)
  • Shy one (Shy one, shy one) (from The Wanderings of Oisin and Other Poems) - R. Clarke, E. Whithorne FRE IRI
  • Sixteen dead men (O but we talked at large before) - J. Eidson, F. Scott
  • Song from The Land of Heart's Desire (The wind blows out of the gates of the day) (from The Land of Heart's Desire) - I. Gurney
  • Song of the Wandering Aengus (I went out to the hazel wood) - R. Evans CHI FRE GER
  • Song of Wandering Aengus (I went out to the hazel wood) - D. Bourgeois, D. Leitch CHI FRE GER
  • Song (Beloved, may your sleep be sound) (from The New Keepsake) - J. Eaton
  • Speech after long silence; it is right (from Words for Music Perhaps and Other Poems) - R. Warren (After long silence)
  • Spinning song (There are seven that pull the thread)
  • Sweet dancer (The girl goes dancing there) - E. Armer, J. Harvey, J. Tavener, J. Wilson
  • Sweetheart, do not love too long (from In the Seven Woods) FRE - S. Barab, S. Ebel, N. Rorem, R. Warren, S. Wilkinson (O do not love too long)
  • That civilisation may not sink FRE - G. Benjamin, J. Wilson (Long-legged fly)
  • That crazed girl improvising her music - R. Beckett (A crazed girl)
  • That crazed girl (That crazed girl improvising her music) - R. Beckett
  • That is no country for old men. The young (from October Blast) GER ITA - R. Beckett, R. Warren (Sailing to Byzantium)
  • That lover of a night (from Words for Music Perhaps and Other Poems) - J. Beeson, S. Grill, P. Hadley, D. Lidov, P. Paviour (Crazy Jane on God)
  • That the night come (She lived in storm and strife) - R. Schonthal
  • The angels are singing, above your bed (from The Rose) ITA (A cradle song) - M. Besly, N. Douty, C. Duncan, S. Ebel, R. Evans, R. Ganz, S. Grill, I. Gurney, F. Hart, D. Healey, R. Housman, H. Ley, T. del Riego, J. Tavener, O. Underhill, E. Weigel, G. Whettam, M. Worder
  • The angels are stooping, above your bed (from The Rose) ITA - M. Besly, N. Douty, C. Duncan, S. Ebel, R. Evans, R. Ganz, S. Grill, I. Gurney, F. Hart, D. Healey, R. Housman, H. Ley, T. del Riego, J. Tavener, O. Underhill, E. Weigel, G. Whettam, M. Worder (A cradle song)
  • The angels are stooping, above your bed (The angels are stooping, above your bed) (from The Rose) - M. Besly, R. Ganz, R. Housman ITA
  • The angels are stooping (The angels are stooping, above your bed) (from The Rose) - J. Tavener ITA
  • The Ballad of the Old Foxhunter ('Lay me in a cushioned chair) (from East and West)
  • The cap and bells (The Jester walked in the garden) - V. Ambros CZE
  • The cat and the moon (The cat went here and there) (from Nine Poems) - R. Beckett, S. Grill, T. Hoekman, N. Marshall, R. Rollin, S. Shifrin, J. Wilson FRE
  • The cat went here and there (from Nine Poems) FRE - R. Beckett, S. Grill, T. Hoekman, N. Marshall, R. Rollin, S. Shifrin, J. Wilson (The cat and the moon)
  • The Celtic Twilight (Out-worn heart, in a time out-worn)
  • The choice (The lot of love is chosen. I learnt that much) (from The Winding Stair - A Woman Young and Old)
  • The circus animals' desertion (I sought a theme and sought for it in vain) - L. Dykstra
  • The cloak, the boat, and the shoes ('What do you make so fair and bright?') - E. Bryson, W. Butler, S. Grill, B. Moore, R. Warren
  • The cloths of heaven (Had I the heavens' embroidered cloths) (from The Wind among the reeds) - B. Boydell, C. Brumby, J. Carter, R. Clarke, T. Dunhill, D. Elwyn-Edwards, I. Gurney, P. Heininen, E. Maconchy, P. Warlock FRE GER HUN
  • The Coat (I made my song a coat) (from Responsibilities and Other Poems) - J. Wilson FRE
  • The Colonel went out sailing - A. O'Murnaghan (Colonel Martin)
  • The coming of wisdom with time (Though leaves are many, the root is one) - R. Jones, P. Moravec
  • The Countess Cathleen in Paradise (All the heavy days are over) (from The Countess Kathleen and Various Legends and Lyrics) - J. Tavener
  • The Countess Cathleen (All the heavy days are over) (from The Countess Kathleen and Various Legends and Lyrics) - J. Edmunds
  • The curlew (O, curlew, cry no more in the air) - L. Gilman, J. Tavener FRE ITA
  • The destiny of my words (All the words that I gather) (from Irish Fairy Tales) - E. Whyte FRE IRI
  • The dew drops slowly and dreams gather - R. Roderick-Jones (The valley of the black pig) [x]
  • The everlasting voices (O sweet everlasting Voices, be still) - J. Chatillon, R. Roderick-Jones, D. Ruyneman, R. Schonthal, P. Warlock, D. Wickens
  • The faery host (The host is riding from Knocknarea) (from The Wind among the reeds) FRE
  • The falling of the leaves (Autumn is over the long leaves that love us) (from The Wanderings of Oisin and Other Poems) - A. Blank, N. Marshall, D. Parke, J. Raynor
  • The fiddler of Dooney (When I play on my fiddle in Dooney) - M. Andrews, A. Bax, W. Browne, W. Butler, T. Dunhill, R. Evans, F. Frank, I. Gurney, R. Hageman, H. Harty, S. Homer, C. Loeffler, N. Marshall, R. Milford, V. Rieti, J. Tavener, W. Webber
  • The fisherman (Although I can see him still —) - L. Dykstra
  • The folly of being comforted (One that is ever kind said yesterday) (from In the Seven Woods) - R. Clarke, I. Gurney
  • The fool by the roadside (When all works that have) (from Seven Poems and a Fragment - Cuchulain the Girl and the Fool) - F. Routh, O. Underhill
  • The four ages of Man (He with body waged a fight) - J. Harvey
  • The girl goes dancing there - E. Armer, J. Harvey, J. Tavener, J. Wilson (Sweet dancer)
  • The happy townland (There's many a strong farmer) - I. Gurney
  • The Hazel Wood (I went out to the hazel wood) - J. Edmunds CHI FRE GER
  • The heart of the woman (O what to me the little room) (from Those who live in the storm) - H. Eichheim, J. Eidson, L. Gilman
  • The hosting of the Sidhe (The host is riding from Knocknarea) (from The Wind among the reeds) - C. Loeffler FRE
  • The host is riding from Knocknarea (from The Wind among the reeds) FRE (The faery host) - C. Loeffler
  • The host is riding from Knocknarea (from The Wind among the reeds) FRE - C. Loeffler (The hosting of the Sidhe)
  • The host of the air (O'Driscoll drove with a song) - T. Dunhill, C. Loeffler, N. Marshall
  • The Indian to his love (The island dreams under the dawn) (from Ballads and Lyrics) FRE
  • The island dreams under the dawn (from Ballads and Lyrics) FRE (An Indian song) - M. Burtch
  • The island dreams under the dawn (from Ballads and Lyrics) FRE - M. Burtch (The Indian to his love)
  • The island dream (The island dreams under the dawn) (from Ballads and Lyrics) - M. Burtch FRE
  • The Jester walked in the garden CZE - V. Ambros (Cap and Bell)
  • The Lady's First Song (I turn round) - K. Humble
  • The Lake Isle of Inisfree (I will arise and go now, and go to Innisfree) (from The Rose) - R. Evans CHI FRE HUN ITA
  • The Lake Isle of Innisfree (I will arise and go now, and go to Innisfree) (from The Rose) - R. Braun, A. Bush, W. Butler, P. Campbell, J. Couch, A. Foote, G. Gibbs, I. Gurney, M. Herbert, T. Hoekman, G. Kerry, L. Lehmann, H. Ley, B. Moore, A. Morrison, J. Palmer, G. Peel, E. Poston, T. Ritchie, R. Sowash, H. Willan, D. Zanders CHI FRE HUN ITA
  • The Land of Heart's Desire (The wind blows out of the gates of the day) (from The Land of Heart's Desire) - M. Shaw
  • The lonely of heart (The wind blows out of the gates of the day) (from The Land of Heart's Desire) - H. Nelson
  • The lot of love is chosen. I learnt that much struggling for an image (from The Winding Stair - A Woman Young and Old) (The choice) - J. Wilson
  • The lot of love is chosen. I learnt that much (from The Winding Stair - A Woman Young and Old) - J. Wilson (The choice)
  • The lot of love is chosen (The lot of love is chosen. I learnt that much) (from The Winding Stair - A Woman Young and Old) - J. Wilson
  • The lover mourns for the loss of love (Pale brows, still hands and dim hair) (from The Wind among the reeds) - P. Warlock FRE ITA
  • The lover mours for the loss of love (Pale brows, still hands and dim hair) (from The Wind among the reeds) FRE ITA
  • The lover pleads with his friend for old friends (Though you are in your shining days) (from The Wind among the reeds) - B. Moore, P. Schwartz ITA
  • The lover tells of the rose in his heart (All things uncomely and broken, all things worn out and old) (from The Wind among the reeds) - N. Marshall, J. Raynor FRE
  • The mask (Put off that mask of burning gold) (from The Green Helmet and Other Poems) - E. Budai, R. Warren
  • The Meditation of the Old Fisherman (You waves, though you dance by my feet like children at play) - E. Mandel
  • The moods (Time drops in decay) - R. Warren GER
  • The Mother of God (The threefold terror of love; a fallen flare) (from Words for Music Perhaps and Other Poems) - M. Ferreira, J. Harvey
  • The old brown thorn-trees break in two high over Cummen Strand - B. Boydell, I. Gurney (Cathleen, the Daughter of Hoolihan)
  • The Old Men Admiring Themselves in the Waters (I heard the old, old men say) (from In the Seven Woods) - S. Grill FRE
  • The old men admiring themselves in the water (I heard the old, old men say) (from In the Seven Woods) - K. Bissell, N. Rorem, J. Tavener, R. Warren FRE
  • The old men (I heard the old, old men say) (from In the Seven Woods) - R. Rollin FRE
  • The Pilgrim Soul (When you are old and gray and full of sleep) (from The Countess Kathleen and Various Legends and Lyrics) - G. Bachlund CHI FRE GER HUN ITA
  • The pity of love (A pity beyond all telling) (from The Countess Kathleen and Various Legends and Lyrics) - S. Grill, R. Warren FRE IRI
  • The Player Queen: Song from an Unfinished Play (My mother dandled me and sang)
  • The Player Queen (My mother dandled me and sang) - J. Carpenter
  • The Ragged Wood (O hurry where by water among the trees) (from In the Seven Woods) - A. Hoddinott, D. Keberle
  • There are seven that pull the thread - E. Elgar (Spinning song)
  • There are seven that pull the thread (There are seven that pull the thread) - E. Elgar
  • There's many a strong farmer - I. Gurney (The happy townland)
  • The rose of the world (Who dreamed that beauty passes like a dream?) (from The Rose) - S. Grill, J. Verrall FRE
  • The Salley Gardens (Down by the Salley Gardens my love and I did meet) (from The Wanderings of Oisin and Other Poems) - B. Britten, J. Cloud, J. Edmunds, G. Finzi, J. Ireland, J. Jeffreys CAT DUT FRE FRI FRI GER
  • The scholars (Bald heads forgetful of their sins) (from The Wild Swans at Coole) FRE
  • The scholars (Bald heads forgetful of their sins) - J. Eidson
  • These are the clouds about the fallen sun (from Responsibilities and Other Poems) - J. Eidson (These are the clouds)
  • These are the clouds (These are the clouds about the fallen sun) (from Responsibilities and Other Poems) - J. Eidson
  • The Second Coming (Turning and turning in the widening gyre) - G. Bachlund, L. Dykstra, J. Harvey, R. Schonthal, J. Tavener GER
  • The secrets of the old (I have old women's secrets now) (from The Tower) - S. Barber
  • The song of the old mother (I rise in the dawn, and I kneel and blow) - R. Housman
  • The Song of Wandering Aengus (I went out to the hazel wood) - G. Bachlund, J. Brown, D. Droste CHI FRE GER
  • The stolen bride (O'Driscoll drove with a song)
  • The stolen child (Where dips the rocky highland) - G. Bachlund, G. Manson, C. Rootham, J. Tavener
  • The three bushes (Said lady once to lover) - E. Dulac
  • The threefold terror of love; a fallen flare (from Words for Music Perhaps and Other Poems) - M. Ferreira, J. Harvey (The Mother of God)
  • The travail of passion (When the flaming lute-thronged angelic door is wide) - R. Schonthal
  • The trees are in their autumn beauty FRE - L. Dykstra, W. Grant, T. Hoekman (The wild swans at Coole)
  • The valley of lovers (I dreamed that I stood in a valley, and amid sighs) - J. Damon
  • The valley of the black pig (The dew drops slowly and dreams gather) - R. Roderick-Jones [x]
  • The white birds (I would that we were, my beloved, white birds on the foam of the sea) - N. Marshall
  • The white heron (Motionless under the moon-beam) (from Calvary) - R. Warren
  • The wild swans at Coole (The trees are in their autumn beauty) - L. Dykstra, W. Grant, T. Hoekman FRE
  • The wind among the reeds () - O. Forrest [x]
  • The wind blows out of the gates of the day (from The Land of Heart's Desire) - H. Gilbert, I. Gurney, H. Nelson, M. Shaw
  • The withering of the boughs (I cried when the moon was murmuring to the birds) (from In the Seven Woods) - P. Warlock FRE
  • The young man's song (I whispered, "I am too young,") (from The Green Helmet and Other Poems)
  • Those dancing days are gone (Come, let me sing into your ear) - P. Aston, R. Warren, D. Young FRE
  • Though leaves are many, the root is one - R. Jones, P. Moravec, F. Schwartz (Youth and age)
  • Though you are in your shining days (from The Wind among the reeds) ITA - B. Moore, P. Schwartz (The Lover Pleads with His Friend for Old Friends)
  • Three things (O cruel Death, give three things back,") - D. Young
  • Time drops in decay GER - R. Warren (The moods)
  • To a Child dancing in the Wind (Dance there upon the shore) - L. Dykstra, S. Grill, M. Murray, D. Ruyneman, R. Schonthal, J. Tavener, J. Weiss, H. Wood
  • To a Friend whose Work has come to Nothing (Now all the truth is out) (from Poems Written in Discouragement) - H. Wood
  • To an Isle in the Water (Shy one, shy one) (from The Wanderings of Oisin and Other Poems) - A. Blank, H. Brian, P. Campbell, J. Eidson, L. Hoiby, P. Johnson, C. Le Fleming, A. Mallinson, E. Mandel, J. Raynor, E. Weigel, H. Willan FRE IRI
  • To a squirrel at Kyle-na-no (Come play with me) (from The Wild Swans at Coole) - E. Weigel FRE
  • To a young girl (My dear, my dear I know) (from Nine Poems) - N. Rorem, S. Wilkinson FRE
  • To Be Carved on a Stone at Thoor Ballylee (I, the poet William Yeats) - S. Gerber
  • To Dectora (Half close your eyelids, loosen your hair) - T. Dunhill
  • To his heart, bidding it have no fear (Be you still, be you still, trembling heart) - R. Roderick-Jones, P. Schwartz ITA
  • Turning and turning in the widening gyre GER - G. Bachlund, L. Dykstra, J. Harvey, R. Schonthal, J. Tavener (The Second Coming)
  • Two Songs of a Fool I (A speckled cat and a tame hare) (from The Wild Swans at Coole - Two Songs of a Fool) - S. Grill FRE
  • Two Songs of a Fool II (I slept on my three-leged stool by the fire) (from The Wild Swans at Coole - Two Songs of a Fool) - S. Grill FRE
  • Two years later (Has no one said those daring) - L. Dykstra, S. Grill, J. Tavener
  • Under Ben Bulben V (Irish poets, earn your trade) (from Under Ben Bulben) - J. Eaton
  • Undying love to buy (from The Winding Stair) - A. Berger, S. Grill (His confidence)
  • Upon silence (That civilisation may not sink) - G. Benjamin FRE
  • Vacillation (Between extremities)
  • VIII. Girl's Song (I went out alone) - S. Grill
  • Voices ('What do you make so fair and bright?')
  • Were you but lying cold and dead (from The Wind among the reeds) FRE (Aodh to Dectora) - H. Eichheim, C. Van Nuys Fogel
  • Were you but lying cold and dead (from The Wind among the reeds) FRE - H. Eichheim, C. Van Nuys Fogel (He wishes his Beloved were Dead)
  • Were you lying cold and dead - L. Liebermann
  • We who are old, old and gay FRE - H. Brian, I. Gurney, R. Warren (A faery song)
  • We who are old (We who are old, old and gay) - I. Gurney FRE
  • 'What do you make so fair and bright?' - E. Bryson, W. Butler, S. Grill, B. Moore, R. Warren (Voices)
  • What lively lad most pleasured me (from The Winding Stair - A Woman Young and Old) - K. Puts, J. Wilson (A last confession)
  • What lively lad most pleasured me (What lively lad most pleasured me) (from The Winding Stair - A Woman Young and Old) - J. Wilson
  • What Then? (His chosen comrades thought at school) - I. Venables
  • What woman hugs her infant there? - C. Duncan (Nativity)
  • When all works that have (from Seven Poems and a Fragment - Cuchulain the Girl and the Fool) - F. Routh, O. Underhill (The fool by the roadside)
  • When I play on my fiddle in Dooney - M. Andrews, A. Bax, W. Browne, W. Butler, T. Dunhill, R. Evans, F. Frank, I. Gurney, R. Hageman, H. Harty, S. Homer, C. Loeffler, N. Marshall, R. Milford, V. Rieti, J. Tavener, W. Webber (The fiddler of Dooney)
  • When my arms wrap you round I press - L. Liebermann
  • When the flaming lute-thronged angelic door is wide - R. Schonthal (The Travail of Passion)
  • When you are old (A barcarolle) (When you are old and gray and full of sleep) (from The Countess Kathleen and Various Legends and Lyrics) - V. Rieti CHI FRE GER HUN ITA
  • When you are old and gray and full of sleep (from The Countess Kathleen and Various Legends and Lyrics) CHI FRE GER HUN ITA - G. Bachlund, G. Baxter, F. Bridge, D. Droste, R. Evans, J. Fearing, I. Gurney, B. Moore, W. Mourant, J. Raynor, V. Rieti, T. Ritchie, P. Sacco, R. Sowash, J. Tavener, I. Venables, R. Warren, G. Whettam, S. Wilkinson, Y. Wyner (When you are old)
  • When you are old and gray (When you are old and gray and full of sleep) (from The Countess Kathleen and Various Legends and Lyrics) - T. Ritchie CHI FRE GER HUN ITA
  • When you are old and grey (When you are old and gray and full of sleep) (from The Countess Kathleen and Various Legends and Lyrics) - R. Evans, I. Gurney, J. Raynor, R. Sowash CHI FRE GER HUN ITA
  • When you are old (When you are old and gray and full of sleep) (from The Countess Kathleen and Various Legends and Lyrics) - G. Baxter, F. Bridge, D. Droste, J. Fearing, B. Moore, W. Mourant, P. Sacco, J. Tavener, I. Venables, R. Warren, G. Whettam, Y. Wyner CHI FRE GER HUN ITA
  • When you are sad (When you are sad) (from The Countess Kathleen and Various Legends and Lyrics) - S. Grill
  • When you are sad (from The Countess Kathleen and Various Legends and Lyrics) - S. Grill
  • Where dips the rocky highland - G. Bachlund, S. Ebel, G. Manson, C. Rootham, J. Tavener (The stolen child)
  • Where has Maid Quiet gone to (from Poems Lyrical and Narrative) - I. Gurney, E. Poston, V. Rieti (Maid Quiet)
  • Where my books go (All the words that I gather) (from Irish Fairy Tales) FRE IRI
  • Who dreamed that beauty passes like a dream? (from The Rose) FRE - S. Grill, J. Verrall (Rosa Mundi)
  • Who goes with Fergus? (Who will go drive with Fergus now) - H. Kauder
  • Who will go drive with Fergus now - H. Kauder (Who goes with Fergus?)
  • Why should I blame her that she filled my days (from The Green Helmet and Other Poems) FRE - R. Beckett, S. Shifrin (No second Troy)
  • Wine comes in at the mouth (from The Green Helmet and Other Poems) FRE IRI - S. Bodley, B. Boydell, J. Eidson, D. Healey, D. Keats, K. Puts, P. Warlock, E. Weigel (A drinking song)
  • Wine comes in at the mouth (Wine comes in at the mouth) (from The Green Helmet and Other Poems) - P. Warlock FRE IRI
  • Wisdom (Though leaves are many, the root is one) - F. Schwartz
  • X. Her Anxiety (Earth in beauty dressed) (from The Winding Stair) - S. Grill
  • XI. His Confidence (Undying love to buy) (from The Winding Stair) - S. Grill
  • Yellow hair (Never shall a young man) - M. Dalby, J. Duke
  • Your eyes that once were never weary of mine (from The Wanderings of Oisin and Other Poems) - P. Hadley (Ephemera)
  • Youth and age (Much did I rage when young) - L. Dykstra
  • Youth and age (Though leaves are many, the root is one)
  • You waves, though you dance by my feet like children at play - E. Mandel (The Meditation of the Old Fisherman)

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