by Thomas Hardy (1840 - 1928)

Language: English 
I marked when the weather changed,
And the planes began to quake,
And the winds rose up and ranged,
that night, lying half-awake.

Dead leaves blew into my room,
And alighted upon my bed,
And a tree declared to the gloom
Its sorrow that they were shed.

One leaf of them touched my hand,
And I thought that it was you
There stood as you used to stand
And saying at last you knew.

Composition:

    Set to music by Andrew Downes (1950 - 2023), "A night in November", op. 15 no. 3, published 1977 [ soprano, flute or tenor recorder, harpsichord, and cello ], from Lost Love, no. 3, West Midlands, England : Lynwood Music Photo Editions

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