by William Ernest Henley (1849 - 1903)
June, and a warm, sweet rain
Language: English
June, and a warm, sweet rain;
June, and the call of a bird:
To a lover in pain
What lovelier word?
Two of each other fain
Happily heart on heart:
So in the wind and rain
Spring bears his part!
O, to be heart on heart
One with the warm June rain,
God with us from the start,
And no more pain!
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Text Authorship:
- by William Ernest Henley (1849 - 1903), no title, appears in Hawthorn and Lavender with Other Verses, in Hawthorn and Lavender, no. 26, first published 1901 [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 Maude Valérie White (1855 - 1937), "God with us", published 1902 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Pedro de Zulueta , "Oh to be heart on heart", published 1919 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
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This text was added to the website: 2008-01-19
Line count: 12
Word count: 62