by Edward Thomas (1878 - 1917), as Edward Eastaway
Will you come?
Language: English
Will you come? Will you come? Will you ride So late At my side? O, will you come? Will you come? Will you come If the night Has a moon, Full and bright? O, will you come? Would you come? Would you come If the noon Gave light, Not the moon? Beautiful, would you come? Would you have come? Would you have come Without scorning, Had it been Still morning? Beloved, would you have come? If you come Haste and come, Owls have cried; It grows dark To ride. Beloved, beautiful, come.
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Researcher for this page: David Kenneth Smith
Text Authorship:
- by Edward Thomas (1878 - 1917), as Edward Eastaway, "Will you come?", first published 1917 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Gary Bachlund (b. 1947), "Will you come?", 2010 [ tenor and piano ], from Ten Poems of Edward Thomas, no. 10 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Ivor (Bertie) Gurney (1890 - 1937), "Will you come?", 1922, published 1926 [ voice and piano ], from Lights Out, no. 5 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Derek Healey (b. 1936), "Will you come?", op. 126 no. 5 (2011) [ high voice and piano ], from Five Edward Thomas Songs: Set 2, no. 5 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Elizabeth Maconchy (1907 - 1994), "Will you come?", 1965, first performed 1966 [ SATB chorus a cappella ], from Nocturnal, no. 2 [sung text checked 1 time]
Researcher for this page: David Kenneth Smith
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 30
Word count: 99