by Edward Thomas (1878 - 1917)
Language: English
Yes, I remember Adlestrop -- The name, because one afternoon Of heat the express-train drew up there Unwontedly. It was late June. The steam hissed. Someone cleared his throat. No one left and no one came On the bare platform. What I saw Was Adlestrop -- only the name And willows, willow-herb, and grass, And meadowsweet, and haycocks dry, No whit less still and lonely fair Than the high cloudlets in the sky. And for that minute a blackbird sang Close by, and round him, mistier. Farther and farther, all the birds Of Oxfordshire and Gloucestershire.
Composition:
- Set to music by Derek Holman (b. 1931), "Adlestrop", first performed 2011 [ high voice and harp ], from Three Songs for High Voice and Harp, no. 2
Text Authorship:
- by Edward Thomas (1878 - 1917), "Adlestrop", written 1915
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Researcher for this page: Barbara Miller
This text was added to the website: 2010-05-30
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