Go seek her out all courteously | Go seek her out all courteously

by James Joyce (1882 - 1941)

Go seek her out all courteously

Language: English

Our translations: FRE

Go seek her out all courteously,
    And say I come, 
Wind of spices whose song is ever
    Epithalamium. 
O, hurry over the dark lands
    And run upon the sea 
For seas and lands shall not divide us
    My love and me.

Now, wind, of your good courtesy
    I pray you go, 
And come into her little garden
    And sing at her window; 
Singing: The bridal wind is blowing
    For Love is at his noon; 
And soon will your true love be with you,
    Soon, O soon.

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Text Authorship:

by James Joyce (1882 - 1941), no title, appears in Chamber Music, no. 13, first published 1907 [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 William A. Billingsley (b. 1922), "Go seek her out all courteously" [ tenor and piano ], from James Joyce Songs [sung text not yet checked]
by James Brown , "Go seek her out all courteously" [ tenor or baritone and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
by Ross Lee Finney (1906 - 1997), "Go seek her out all courteously", 1952, published 1985, first performed 1975 [ voice and piano ], from Chamber Music, no. 13, Henmar Press [sung text not yet checked]
by Jack Marius Jarrett (b. 1934), "Go seek her out all courteously", 1965 [ satb chorus and piano ], from Love's Counsel [sung text not yet checked]
by Wayland Rogers , "Go seek her out all courteously" [ high voice and piano ], from Five James Joyce Poems, no. 3 [sung text not yet checked]

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This text was added to the website: 2008-01-24
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Word count: 86