On Dinny Hill the daffodil Has crowned the year’s returning, The water cool in Placket Pool Is ruffled up and burning In little waves of fluttering fire; And all the heart of my desire Is now to be this day in Gloucestershire.
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Note: this was written while the author was a prisoner of war.
Authorship:
- by Frederick William Harvey (1888 - 1957), no title [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 Ivor (Bertie) Gurney (1890 - 1937), "Dinny Hill", c1919 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
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