by Laurence Binyon (1869 - 1943)
Lament
Language: English
Fall now, my cold thoughts, frozen fall My sad thoughts, over my heart, To be the tender burial Of sweetness and of smart. Fall soft as the snow, when all men sleep, On copse and on bank forlorn, That tenderly buries, yet buries deep Frail violets, freshly born.
Text Authorship:
- by Laurence Binyon (1869 - 1943), "Lament" [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 Frank Bridge (1879 - 1941), "Lament", 1904 [ voice and orchestra ], from Two Songs with Orchestra, no. 2 [sung text not yet checked]
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This text was added to the website: 2022-01-04
Line count: 8
Word count: 48