by Edward Shanks (1892 - 1953)
For remembrance
Language: English
Let us remember how we came To Fletching in the trees, Where stood the high and misty down Between us and the seas. Let us remember how we crossed Ouse, Adur, Arun, three Slight rivers rolling in their broad Green valleys to the sea. Let us remember most of all When this bright air no more We breathe, what young and morning oaths On the high hills we swore.
Text Authorship:
- by Edward Shanks (1892 - 1953), "For remembrance", appears in The Queen of China and Other Poems, first published 1919 [author's text not yet checked 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 Cecil Armstrong Gibbs (1889 - 1960), "For remembrance", 1920, published 1920 [ voice and piano ], from Songs with Piano, no. 3 [sung text not yet checked]
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This text was added to the website: 2009-03-21
Line count: 12
Word count: 69