by John Galsworthy (1867 - 1933)
The Moor Grave
Language: English
I lie out here under a heather sod, A moor-stone at my head ; the moor-winds play above. I lie out here. ... In graveyards of their God They would not bury desperate me who died for love. I lie out here under the sun and moon; Across me bearded ponies stride, the curlews cry. I have no little tombstone screed, no : "Soon To glory shall she rise!" But deathless peace have I!
Confirmed with John Galsworthy, Moods, Songs, & Doggerels, London: William Heinemann, 1912, page 49.
Text Authorship:
- by John Galsworthy (1867 - 1933), "The Moor Grave", appears in Moods, Songs, & Doggerels [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 Ada Galsworthy (d. 1956), "The Moor Grave", published 1913 [ voice and piano ], from Seventeen songs, no. 7, London : Schott & Co. [sung text not yet checked]
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