Texts by H. Giles set in Art Songs and Choral Works

Text Collections:

• Chinese Poetry in English Verse

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.

• A cast-off favourite (The dewdrops gleam on bright spring flowers) (from Chinese Poetry in English Verse) FRE
• Advice to girls (Trust not spring clouds, trust not to flowers) - G. Peterkin ⊗
• A gaily dressed damsel steps forth from her bower - J. Carpenter (The odalisque) ⊗
• Alone I mount to the kiosque which stands - C. Scott (Where are they?) ⊗
• Alone (What do these halls of jasper mean) - C. Scott ⊗
• A lost love (Too late, alas! . . . . I came to find) - C. Scott ⊗
• Amoureux séparés (Dans le royaume de Yen) - A. Roussel ENG JPN
• An absent husband (O floating clouds that swim in heaven above) ⊗
• An Eastern Lament (Alone I mount to the kiosque which stands) - C. Scott ⊗
• A petal falls! -- the spring begins to fail - G. Bantock (Solo chi segue ciò che piace é saggio) ⊗
• A petal falls (A petal falls! -- the spring begins to fail) - G. Bantock ⊗
• A picnic (The sun is setting as we loose the boat) - C. Scott ⊗
• A snap-shot (A tortoise I see) (from Chinese Poetry in English Verse) FRE
• A song of Wine (What is life after all but a dream?) - C. Scott FRE GER
• At eve, I stand upon the bank and gaze - C. Scott (In absence) ⊗
• A tortoise I see on a lotus-flower resting (from Chinese Poetry in English Verse) FRE (A snap-shot) - J. Carpenter
• A tortoise I see (from Chinese Poetry in English Verse) FRE - J. Carpenter (A snap-shot)
• At the Yellow-Crane pagoda, where we - G. Bantock (Gone) ⊗
• At the Yellow-Crane pagoda (At the Yellow-Crane pagoda, where we) - G. Bantock ⊗
• À un jeune gentilhomme (N'entrez pas, Monsieur, s'il vous plaît) - A. Roussel ENG
• A vision (The dust of the morn had been laid by a shower) - C. Scott ⊗
• Beneath the bamboo grove, alone (from Chinese Poetry in English Verse) CZE GER GER FRE (Overlooked) -
• Bright in the void the mirror moon appears - G. Bantock (Thoughts by moonlight) ⊗
• Comme la fleur de pêcher (Vous demandez pourquoi mon âme s'en va au ciel) - F. Barlow ENG GER
• Companions (The birds have all flown to their roost in the tree) (from Chinese Poetry in English Verse) FRE ⊗
• Connaissant, seigneur, mon état d'épouse CHI ENG - A. Roussel
• Dans le royaume de Yen ENG JPN - A. Roussel
• Der Poet (Du fragst, was meine Seele denn am Himmel mache) - G. Bachlund ENG FRE
• Des fleurs font une broderie sur le gazon ENG - A. Roussel
• Des fleurs font une broderie (Des fleurs font une broderie sur le gazon) - A. Roussel ENG
• Dhyâna (The clear dawn creeps into the convent old) ⊗
• Don't come in, sir, please! (Don't come in, sir, please!) (from Chinese Poetry in English Verse) - C. Scott FRE ⊗
• Don't come in, sir, please! (from Chinese Poetry in English Verse) FRE - J. Carpenter, C. Scott (To a young gentleman) ⊗
• Dreamland (When the Bear athwart was lying) - G. Bantock ⊗
• Du fragst, was meine Seele denn am Himmel mache ENG FRE - G. Bachlund (Der Poet)
• Écoute cette chanson que j'aime (Écoute cette chanson que j'aime) - G. Auric ENG ENG [x]
• Écoute cette chanson que j'aime ENG ENG - G. Auric [x]
• Favorite abandonnée (Sous la lune le palais résonne) - F. Barlow, A. Roussel ENG
• Floating clouds (O floating clouds that swim in heaven above) - G. Bantock ⊗
• Forth from the eastern gate my steeds I drive - G. Bantock (The Elixir of Life) ⊗
• Gone (At the Yellow-Crane pagoda, where we) ⊗
• Hark to the rapturous melody! (from Chinese Poetry in English Verse) FRE (Music hath charms) -
• Here in this inn no friend is nigh - G. Bantock (New Year's Eve at an Inn) ⊗
• Hier soir tu étais une fiancée (Hier soir tu étais une fiancée) - G. Auric ENG [x]
• Hier soir tu étais une fiancée ENG - G. Auric [x]
• Highwaymen (The rainy mist sweeps gently o'er the village by the stream) - J. Carpenter ⊗
• Hope (Last eve thou wert a bride) (from Chinese Poetry in English Verse) FRE ⊗
• Ici, accablé et malade, jadis ENG - G. Auric, F. Barlow [x]
• Ici, accablé et malade (Ici, accablé et malade, jadis) - G. Auric ENG [x]
• In absence (At eve, I stand upon the bank and gaze) - C. Scott ⊗
• In Dreamland (The sun has set behind the western slope) ⊗
• Insouciance (I wander north, I wander south) - C. Scott ⊗
• In the harem (It was the time of flowers, the gate was closed) - C. Griffes ⊗
• In the Kingdom of Yen (from Chinese Poetry in English Verse) FRE (Lovers parted ) - ⊗
• It was the time of flowers, the gate was closed - C. Griffes ⊗
• I wander north, I wander south - C. Scott (Insouciance) ⊗
• Knowing, fair sir, my matrimonial thrall CHI FRE FRE
• La lune pâle brillant au ciel (La lune pâle brillant au ciel) - G. Auric ENG [x]
• La lune pâle brillant au ciel ENG - G. Auric [x]
• Last eve thou wert a bride (from Chinese Poetry in English Verse) FRE (Hope) - ⊗
• Les oiseaux envolés se sont cachés dans l'arbre ENG - G. Auric [x]
• Les oiseaux envolés (Les oiseaux envolés se sont cachés dans l'arbre) - G. Auric ENG [x]
• Life's elixir (Forth from the eastern gate my steeds I drive) - G. Bantock ⊗
• Lovers parted (In the Kingdom of Yen) (from Chinese Poetry in English Verse) FRE ⊗
• Music hath charms (Hark to the rapturous melody!) (from Chinese Poetry in English Verse) FRE
• My Neighbour (When the Bear athwart was lying) ⊗
• N'entrez pas, Monsieur, s'il vous plaît ENG - A. Roussel
• New Year's Eve at an Inn (Here in this inn no friend is nigh) - G. Bantock ⊗
• O floating clouds that swim in heaven above - G. Bantock (An absent husband) ⊗
• On a screen (A tortoise I see) (from Chinese Poetry in English Verse) - J. Carpenter FRE
• On highwaymen (The rainy mist sweeps gently o'er the village by the stream) ⊗
• Overlooked (Beneath the bamboo grove, alone) (from Chinese Poetry in English Verse) CZE GER GER FRE
• Réponse d'une épouse sage (Connaissant, seigneur, mon état d'épouse) - A. Roussel CHI ENG
• See! fair girls are flocking, through corridors bright (from Chinese Poetry in English Verse) FRE (Spretæ injuria formæ) -
• Solo chi segue ciò che piace é saggio (A petal falls! -- the spring begins to fail) ⊗
• Sous la lune le palais résonne ENG - F. Barlow, A. Roussel
• Sous la touffe de bambous, seul, je prends mon luth et je chante CZE ENG ENG GER GER - G. Auric [x]
• Sous la touffe de bambous, seul (Sous la touffe de bambous, seul, je prends mon luth et je chante) - G. Auric CZE ENG ENG GER GER [x]
• Spretæ injuria formæ (See! fair girls are flocking, through corridors bright) (from Chinese Poetry in English Verse) FRE
• Spring sorrows (The willow sprays are yellow fringed) ⊗
• Ssŭ-Ma Hsiang-Ju ('Twas here, from sickness sore oppressed) (from Chinese Poetry in English Verse) FRE ⊗
• Taste (The landscape which the poet loves) - C. Scott ⊗
• The absent warrior () - G. Bantock [x] ⊗
• The altar bell (The clear dawn creeps into the convent old) - G. Bantock ⊗
• The birds have all flown to their roost in the tree (from Chinese Poetry in English Verse) FRE (Companions) - ⊗
• The bright moon shining overhead (from Chinese Poetry in English Verse) FRE (True pleasures) - ⊗
• The clear dawn creeps into the convent old - G. Bantock (Dhyâna) ⊗
• The cricket chirrups in the hall (The cricket) - ⊗
• The cricket (The cricket chirrups in the hall) ⊗
• The dewdrops gleam on bright spring flowers (from Chinese Poetry in English Verse) FRE (A cast-off favourite ) -
• The dust of the morn had been laid by a shower - C. Scott (A vision) ⊗
• The Elixir of Life (Forth from the eastern gate my steeds I drive) ⊗
• The landscape which the poet loves - C. Scott (Taste) ⊗
• The odalisque (A gaily dressed damsel steps forth from her bower) - J. Carpenter ⊗
• The poet (You ask what my soul does away in the sky) (from Chinese Poetry in English Verse) FRE GER ⊗
• The rainy mist sweeps gently o'er the village by the stream - J. Carpenter (On highwaymen) ⊗
• The Silver Stream (Bright in the void the mirror moon appears) - G. Bantock ⊗
• The sun has set behind the western slope (In Dreamland) - ⊗
• The sun has sunk behind the western hill - C. Scott (Waiting) ⊗
• The sun is setting as we loose the boat - C. Scott (A picnic) ⊗
• The willow sprays are yellow fringed - G. Bantock (Spring sorrows) ⊗
• Thoughts by moonlight (Bright in the void the mirror moon appears) ⊗
• 'Tis the festival of Yellow Plums! (Waiting) - ⊗
• To a young gentleman (Don't come in, sir, please!) (from Chinese Poetry in English Verse) - J. Carpenter FRE ⊗
• Too late, alas! . . . . I came to find - C. Scott (A lost love) ⊗
• True pleasures (The bright moon shining overhead) (from Chinese Poetry in English Verse) FRE ⊗
• Trust not spring clouds, trust not flowers ⊗
• Trust not spring clouds, trust not to flowers - G. Peterkin ⊗
• 'Twas here, from sickness sore oppressed (from Chinese Poetry in English Verse) FRE (Ssŭ-Ma Hsiang-Ju) - ⊗
• Une tortue repose sur une fleur de lotus (Une tortue repose sur une fleur de lotus) - G. Auric ENG [x]
• Une tortue repose sur une fleur de lotus ENG - G. Auric [x]
• Vois! de belles filles courent en bandes ENG - A. Roussel
• Vois! de belles filles (Vois! de belles filles courent en bandes) - A. Roussel ENG
• Vous demandez pourquoi mon âme s'en va au ciel (Vous demandez pourquoi mon âme s'en va au ciel) - G. Auric ENG GER
• Vous demandez pourquoi mon âme s'en va au ciel ENG GER - G. Auric, F. Barlow
• Waiting (The sun has sunk behind the western hill) - C. Scott ⊗
• Waiting ('Tis the festival of Yellow Plums!) ⊗
• What do these halls of jasper mean - C. Scott (Alone) ⊗
• What is life after all but a dream? FRE GER - C. Scott
• When-Chûn (Ici, accablé et malade, jadis) - F. Barlow ENG [x]
• When the Bear athwart was lying - G. Bantock (My Neighbour) ⊗
• Where are they? (Alone I mount to the kiosque which stands) - C. Scott ⊗
• Willow sprays (The willow sprays are yellow fringed) - G. Bantock ⊗
• With flowers on the ground like embroidery spread FRE ⊗
• You ask what my soul does away in the sky (from Chinese Poetry in English Verse) FRE GER (The poet) - ⊗

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