Language: English 
In an arbour green asleep whereas I lay
The birds sang sweet in the middes of the day:
I dreamed fast of mirth and play;
In youth is pleasure.

Methought I walked still to and fro,
And from her company I could not go,
But when I waked it was not so.
In youth is pleasure

Therefore my heart is surely pyght
Of her alone to have a sight
Which is my joy and heart's delight.
In youth is pleasure.

Note for stanza 3, line 1: "pyght" or "pight" is an old past participle of "pitch" and means "resolved, set upon, fixed, or determined". Holst's use of "plight" may be a typo.

Composition:

    Set to music by Ernest John Moeran (1894 - 1950), "In youth is pleasure", R. 41 (1925), published 1925 [ voice and piano ]

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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 12
Word count: 96