by Thomas Hardy (1840 - 1928)
The curtains now are drawn Matches original text
Language: English
The curtains now are drawn, And the spindrift strikes the glass, Blown up the jagged pass By the surly salt sou'-west, And the sneering glare is gone Behind the yonder crest, While she sings to me: "O the dream that thou art my Love, be it thine, And the dream that I am thy Love, be it mine, And death may come, but loving is divine." I stand here in the rain, With its smite upon her stone, And the grasses that have grown Over women, children, men, And their texts that "Life is vain"; But I hear the notes as when Once she sang to me: "O the dream that thou art my Love, be it thine, And the dream that I am thy Love, be it mine, And death may come, but loving is divine."
Composition:
- Set to music by Andrew Downes (1950 - 2023), "The curtains now are drawn", op. 29 no. 5 (1983), from Old Love's Domain, no. 5
Text Authorship:
- by Thomas Hardy (1840 - 1928), "The curtains now are drawn", first published 1913
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Line count: 20
Word count: 137