Texts by E. Dowson set in Art Songs and Choral Works
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- A Coronal (Violets and leaves of vine) (from Verses) - R. Quilter, G. Smirnov CHI
- Ad domnulam suam (Little lady of my heart !) (from Book of the Rhymers' Club) - C. Scott
- A gift of Silence, sweet! (from In Praise of Solitude) - C. Scott, G. Smirnov (Amor umbratilis)
- A gift of silence (A gift of Silence, sweet!) (from In Praise of Solitude) - C. Scott
- A Land Of Silence (What land of Silence) (from Verses) - R. Quilter, G. Smirnov
- A last word (Let us go hence: the night is now at hand) - A. Hinton, C. Scott
- A little, passionately, not at all?" - P. Harrison (Villanelle of Marguerite's)
- A little while to walk with thee, dear child - G. Smirnov
- All that I had I brought (from Decorations) - C. Duncan (Exchanges)
- Amor umbratilis (A gift of Silence, sweet!) (from In Praise of Solitude)
- And so I made a Villanelle (I took her dainty eyes, as well) - C. Scott
- April love (We have walked in Love's land a little way) (from Verses) - L. Ronald, C. Scott
- Around were all the roses red (from Decorations - After Paul Verlaine) CAT GER GER GER NOR SRB - J. Ireland
- Asleep () - C. Scott [x]
- A song of Arcady (Oh, I would live in a dairy) (from Verses) - C. Scott
- A song of the setting sun! - F. Delius (Moritura)
- Autumnal (Pale amber sunlight falls across) (from Verses) - C. Scott
- A valediction (If we must part) (from Verses) - M. Rose, C. Scott
- A villanelle (I took her dainty eyes, as well) - S. Lekberg
- Beata solitudo (What land of Silence) (from Verses) - P. Harrison, G. Peterkin
- Before my light goes out for ever, if God should give me a choice of graces - C. von Franckenstein (Impenitentia ultima)
- Beyond (Love's aftermath! I think the time is now) (from Decorations)
- By the sad waters of separation (from Verses) - F. Delius, G. Smirnov (Exile)
- Calm, sad, secure; behind high convent walls (from In Praise of Solitude) - E. Hill (Nuns of the Perpetual Adoration)
- Cease smiling, Dear! a little while be sad - F. Delius
- Come hither, child, and rest (Come hither, child, and rest) (from Book of the Rhymers' Club) - S. Lekberg
- Come hither, child, and rest (from Book of the Rhymers' Club) - H. Gerstle, S. Lekberg, C. Scott (Villanelle of sunset)
- Come not before me now, O visionary face! GER - G. Smirnov (Seraphita)
- Cynara (Last night, ah, yesternight, betwixt her lips and mine) - F. Delius, R. Jones, Q. Maganini
- Dairy song (Oh, I would live in a dairy) (from Verses) - C. Scott
- Dregs (The fire is out, and spent the warmth thereof) (from Decorations) - E. Richardson
- Envoy (They are not long, the weeping and the laughter) (from Verses) - R. Jones, P. Pisk
- Erewhile, before the world was old (from Decorations) - P. Warlock (Jadis)
- Erscheine jetzt nicht, traumverlornes Angesicht (from Zeitgenössische Dichter) - A. Schoenberg
- Evening (Strange grows the river on the sunless evenings!) - C. Scott
- Even now the fragrant darkness of her hair (from Verses) - F. Austin, C. Forsyth (Terre promise)
- Exceeding sorrow consumeth my sad heart! (from Book of the Rhymers' Club) (O Mors! Quam amara est memoria tua homini pacem habenti in substantiis suis) - F. Delius, R. Hageman
- Exceeding sorrow (from Book of the Rhymers' Club) - F. Delius, R. Hageman (O Mors! Quam amara est memoria tua homini pacem habenti in substantiis suis)
- Exchanges (All that I had I brought) (from Decorations) - C. Duncan
- Exile (By the sad waters of separation) (from Verses) - F. Delius, G. Smirnov
- Flos lunae (I would not alter thy cold eyes) (from In Praise of Solitude) - D. ApIvor
- Grief (Exceeding sorrow) (from Book of the Rhymers' Club) - R. Hageman
- If we must part (from Verses) - J. Ireland, M. Rose, C. Scott (A Valediction)
- If we must part (If we must part) (from Verses) - J. Ireland, C. Scott
- Impenitentia ultima (Before my light goes out for ever, if God should give me a choice of graces) - C. von Franckenstein
- In spring (See how the trees and the osiers lithe) (from Decorations) - F. Delius, R. Quilter
- In tempore senectutis (When I am old)
- Into the lonely park all frozen fast (from Decorations - After Paul Verlaine) GER GER ITA JPN SPA GER
- In your mother's apple-orchard (from Verses) - C. Scott (Yvonne of Brittany)
- I took her dainty eyes, as well - S. Lekberg, M. Roder, C. Scott (Villanelle of his lady's treasures)
- I was not sorrowful, I could not weep (from Verses) SPA - F. Delius, J. Ireland, K. Sorabji (Spleen)
- I was not sorrowful (Spleen) (I was not sorrowful, I could not weep) (from Verses) - J. Ireland SPA
- I was not sorrowful (I was not sorrowful, I could not weep) (from Verses) - K. Sorabji SPA
- I would not alter thy cold eyes (from In Praise of Solitude) - D. ApIvor, G. Smirnov (Flos lunae)
- I would not alter thy cold eyes (I would not alter thy cold eyes) (from In Praise of Solitude) - G. Smirnov
- Jadis (Erewhile, before the world was old) (from Decorations) - P. Warlock
- Last night, ah, yesternight, betwixt her lips and mine - F. Delius, P. Harrison, R. Jones, Q. Maganini, C. Towsey (Non sum qualis eram bonae sub regno Cynarae)
- Last night, ah, yesternight (Last night, ah, yesternight, betwixt her lips and mine) - C. Towsey
- Let us go hence: the night is now at hand - A. Hinton, C. Scott (A last word)
- Little lady of my heart ! (from Book of the Rhymers' Club) - C. Scott, B. Treharne (Ad domnulam suam)
- Little lady of my heart (Little lady of my heart !) (from Book of the Rhymers' Club) - C. Scott, B. Treharne
- Love heeds no more the sighing of the wind (from Book of the Rhymers' Club) - C. Forsyth (The garden of shadows)
- Love's aftermath! I think the time is now (from Decorations) - C. Scott (Beyond)
- Love's aftermath (Love's aftermath! I think the time is now) (from Decorations) - C. Scott
- Meditation (They are not long, the weeping and the laughter) (from Verses) - C. Scott
- Moritura (A song of the setting sun!)
- Non suma qualis eram bonae sub regno Cynarae (Last night, ah, yesternight, betwixt her lips and mine) - P. Harrison
- Non sum qualis eram bonae sub regno Cynarae (Last night, ah, yesternight, betwixt her lips and mine)
- Nuns of the Perpetual Adoration (Calm, sad, secure; behind high convent walls) (from In Praise of Solitude) - E. Hill
- Oh, I would live in a dairy (Oh, I would live in a dairy) (from Verses) - L. Collingwood
- Oh, I would live in a dairy (from Verses) - L. Collingwood, P. Harrison, C. Scott (Soli cantare periti Arcades)
- O Mors! Quam amara est memoria tua homini pacem habenti in substantiis suis (Exceeding sorrow) (from Book of the Rhymers' Club)
- O Mors! (Exceeding sorrow) (from Book of the Rhymers' Club) - F. Delius
- Pale amber sunlight falls across (from Verses) - F. Delius, C. Scott (Autumnal)
- Passing dreams (They are not long, the weeping and the laughter) (from Verses) - R. Quilter
- Pierrot and the Moon Maiden (THE LADY, questioning him from a little book bound deliciously in vellum) (from The Pierrot of the Minute) - C. Scott
- Retrospect () - C. Scott [x]
- See how the trees and the osiers lithe (from Decorations) - F. Delius, R. Quilter (In Spring)
- Seraphita (Come not before me now, O visionary face!) - G. Smirnov GER
- Seraphita (Erscheine jetzt nicht, traumverlornes Angesicht) (from Zeitgenössische Dichter) - A. Schoenberg
- Sleep! Cast thy canopy (from The Pierrot of the Minute) - G. Bantock (The moon maiden's song)
- Soli cantare periti Arcades (Oh, I would live in a dairy) (from Verses) - P. Harrison
- Sorrow () - C. Scott [x]
- Spleen (after Paul Verlaine) (Around were all the roses red) (from Decorations - After Paul Verlaine) - J. Ireland CAT GER GER GER NOR SRB
- Spleen (I was not sorrowful, I could not weep) (from Verses) SPA
- Strange grows the river on the sunless evenings! - C. Scott (Vesperal)
- Tears fall within mine heart (from Decorations - After Paul Verlaine) CAT DUT GER GER GER GER GER RUS SPA GER GER GER GER RUS RUS - G. Smirnov
- Tears fall within my heart (Tears fall within mine heart) (from Decorations - After Paul Verlaine) - G. Smirnov CAT DUT GER GER GER GER GER RUS SPA GER GER GER GER RUS RUS
- Terre promise (Even now the fragrant darkness of her hair) (from Verses) - F. Austin, C. Forsyth
- The days of wine and roses (They are not long, the weeping and the laughter) (from Verses) - G. Smirnov
- The fire is out, and spent the warmth thereof (from Decorations) - D. Bedford, E. Richardson (Dregs)
- The garden of shadows (Love heeds no more the sighing of the wind) (from Book of the Rhymers' Club) - C. Forsyth
- The gift of Silence (A gift of Silence, sweet!) (from In Praise of Solitude) - G. Smirnov
- The golden wine is drunk (The fire is out, and spent the warmth thereof) (from Decorations) - D. Bedford
- THE LADY, questioning him from a little book bound deliciously in vellum (from The Pierrot of the Minute) - C. Scott
- The moon maiden's song (Sleep! Cast thy canopy) (from The Pierrot of the Minute) - G. Bantock
- There comes an end to summer (There comes an end to summer) - C. Scott
- There comes an end to summer - C. Scott (To his mistress)
- The sky is up above the roof (from Decorations - After Paul Verlaine) CAT CHI CHI CZE GER GER GER ITA RUS RUS SPA GER RUS RUS
- The valley of silence (What land of Silence) (from Verses) - C. Scott
- They are not long, the weeping and the laughter (from Verses) - F. Delius, C. Forsyth, P. Glanville-Hicks, P. Harrison, E. Hill, R. Jones, B. Pentland, P. Pisk, R. Quilter, C. Scott, G. Smirnov, I. Venables, H. Wells (Vitae summa brevis spem nos vetat incohare longam)
- They are not long (They are not long, the weeping and the laughter) (from Verses) - P. Glanville-Hicks, E. Hill, B. Pentland, H. Wells
- To his mistress (There comes an end to summer)
- Transition (A little while to walk with thee, dear child) - G. Smirnov
- Vesperal (Strange grows the river on the sunless evenings!) - C. Scott
- Villanelle of his lady's treasures (I took her dainty eyes, as well)
- Villanelle of Marguerite's (A little, passionately, not at all?") - P. Harrison
- Villanelle of sunset (Come hither, child, and rest) (from Book of the Rhymers' Club) - H. Gerstle
- Villanelle of the Poet's Road (Wine and woman and song) (from Decorations) - C. Scott
- Villanelle (Come hither, child, and rest) (from Book of the Rhymers' Club) - C. Scott
- Villanelle (I took her dainty eyes, as well) - M. Roder
- Violets and leaves of vine (from Verses) CHI - R. Quilter, G. Smirnov (A Coronal)
- Vitae summa brevis spem nos vetat incohare longam (They are not long, the weeping and the laughter) (from Verses) - P. Harrison
- Vitae Summa Brevis (They are not long, the weeping and the laughter) (from Verses) - I. Venables
- Vitae summa (They are not long, the weeping and the laughter) (from Verses) - F. Delius
- We have walked in Love's land a little way (from Verses) - L. Ronald, C. Scott (April love)
- What is Love? (from The Pierrot of the Minute)
- What land of Silence (from Verses) - P. Harrison, G. Peterkin, R. Quilter, C. Scott, G. Smirnov (Beata Solitudo)
- When I am old - J. Ireland (In tempore senectutis)
- When I am old (When I am old) - J. Ireland
- When this, our rose, is faded (When this, our rose, is faded) - G. Smirnov
- When this, our rose, is faded - G. Smirnov
- Wine and woman and song (from Decorations) - C. Scott (Villanelle of the Poet's Road)
- Within a dream (They are not long, the weeping and the laughter) (from Verses) - C. Forsyth
- Yvonne of Brittany (In your mother's apple-orchard) (from Verses) - C. Scott
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