by Thomas Hardy (1840 - 1928)
Outside the window
Language: English
"My stick!" he says, and turns in the lane To the house just left, whence a vixen voice Comes out with the firelight through the pane, And he sees within that the girl of his choice Stands rating her mother with eyes aglare For something said while he was there. "At last I behold her soul undraped!" Thinks the man who had loved her more than himself; "My God--'tis but narrowly I have escaped. - My precious porcelain proves it delf." His face has reddened like one ashamed, And he steals off, leaving his stick unclaimed.
Text Authorship:
- by Thomas Hardy (1840 - 1928), "Outside the window", appears in Satires of Circumstance, Lyrics and Reveries with Miscellaneous Pieces, first published 1914 [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 Zenobia Powell (1908 - 2004), "Outside the window" [ SATB chorus (children's chorus) and piano ], from Choral Suite no. 1 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Betty Roe (b. 1930), "Outside the Window", published 1993 [ duet for mezzo-soprano and baritone with piano ], from Satires of Circumstance, no. 2 [sung text checked 1 time]
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This text was added to the website: 2008-01-18
Line count: 12
Word count: 95