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 Anthony Payne (b. 1936), "Adlestrop", 1989 [ soprano and piano ]
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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Word count: 94