by Ivor (Bertie) Gurney (1890 - 1937)
My heart makes songs on lonely roads
Language: English
My heart makes songs on lonely roads To comfort me while you're away, And strives with lovely sounding words Its crowded tenderness to say. Glimmering against the forward dark, Your face I see with pride, with pain So that one time I did desire Never to see that face again. But I am glad that Love has come To bind me fast and try my worth; For Love's a powerful Lord and gives His friends dominion over the earth.
Text Authorship:
- by Ivor (Bertie) Gurney (1890 - 1937), "My heart makes songs on lonely roads" [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 Ian Venables (b. 1955), "My heart makes songs on lonely roads", op. 39 no. 1 [ voice and piano ], from The Pine Boughs Past Music, no. 1 [sung text checked 1 time]
Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:
- Also set in English, [adaptation] ; composed by Robert Hugill.
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This text was added to the website: 2023-02-05
Line count: 12
Word count: 79