by Thomas Hardy (1840 - 1928)
A Winsome Woman
Language: English
There's no winsome woman so winsome as she; Some are flower-like in mouth, Some have fire in the eyes, Some feed a soul's drouth Trilling words music-wise; But where are these gifts all in one found to be Save in her known to me? What her thoughts are I read not, but this much I know, That she, too, will pass From the sun and the air To her cave under grass; And the world will declare, "No such woman as his passioned utterances show Walked this planet, we trow!"
Text Authorship:
- by Thomas Hardy (1840 - 1928), "A winsome woman", appears in Winter Words in Various Moods and Metres, first published 1928 [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 Derek Healey (b. 1936), "A Winsome Woman", op. 13 no. 2 (1961) [ soprano or tenor and piano ], from Five Thomas Hardy Songs, no. 2 [sung text not yet checked]
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This text was added to the website: 2013-12-01
Line count: 14
Word count: 90