by Edward Thomas (1878 - 1917)
Thaw
Language: English
Over the land freckled with snow half-thawed The speculating rooks at their nests cawed And saw from elm-tops, delicate as flowers of grass, What we below could not see, Winter pass.
Text Authorship:
- by Edward Thomas (1878 - 1917), "Thaw" [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 Douglas Gordon Weiland (b. 1954), "Thaw", op. 69 no. 1 (2023) [ voice and piano ], from Cycle of Six Songs to Poems by the 'Dymock' Poets, no. 1 [sung text not yet checked]
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This text was added to the website: 2026-02-21
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Word count: 31