Listen, I who love thee well Have travelled far, and secrets tell; Cold the moon that gleams thine eyes, Yet beneath her further skies Rests for thee, a paradise. I have plucked a flower in proof, Frail, in earthly light, forsooth: See, invisible it lies In this palm: now veil thine eyes: Quaff its fragrancies! Would indeed my throat had skill To breathe thee music, faint and still -- Music learned in dreaming deep In those lands, from Echo's lip.... 'Twould lull thy soul to sleep.
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Text Authorship:
- by Walter De la Mare (1873 - 1956), "Tidings", appears in Crossings: A Fairy Play, first published 1921 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by David Arditti (b. 1964), "The Flower", op. 11 no. 2 (1996), from Three Poems of Walter de la Mare, no. 2 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Cecil Armstrong Gibbs (1889 - 1960), "Candlestickmaker's song", op. 20 no. 4, published 1921, from Four Songs from "Crossings: A Fairy Play", no. 4 [sung text checked 1 time]
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