by Alfred Edward Housman (1859 - 1936)
Oh fair enough are sky and plain Matches original text
Language: English
Oh fair enough are sky and plain, But I know fairer far: Those are as beautiful again That in the water are; The pools and rivers wash so clean The trees and clouds and air, The like on earth was never seen, And oh that I were there. These are the thoughts I often think As I stand gazing down In act upon the cressy brink To strip and dive and drown; But in the golden-sanded brooks And azure meres I spy A silly lad that longs and looks And wishes he were I.
Composition:
- Set to music by Charles Wilfred Orr (1893 - 1976), "Oh fair enough are sky and plain", 1931, published 1934 [ baritone and piano ], from Seven Songs from "A Shropshire Lad", no. 5
Text Authorship:
- by Alfred Edward Housman (1859 - 1936), no title, appears in A Shropshire Lad, no. 20, first published 1896
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Line count: 16
Word count: 94