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'Tis time, I think, by Wenlock town The golden broom should blow; The hawthorn sprinkled up and down Should charge the land with snow. Spring will not wait the loiterer's time Who keeps so long away; So others wear the broom and climb The hedgerows heaped with may. Oh tarnish late on Wenlock Edge, Gold that I never see; Lie long, high snowdrifts in the hedge That will not shower on me.
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Text Authorship:
- by Alfred Edward Housman (1859 - 1936), no title, appears in A Shropshire Lad, no. 39, first published 1896 [author's text checked 2 times 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 Geoffrey Allen (b. 1927), "'Tis time I think ", op. 10 no. 7 (1995) [ tenor and piano ], from Bredon Hill : eight songs for tenor voice and piano to poems of A. E. Housman, no. 7 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Thomas Henry Wait Armstrong (1898 - ?), "'Tis time, I think, by Wenlock town", published 1934 [ three-part children's chorus or women's chorus and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Arthur Edward Drummond Bliss, Sir (1891 - 1975), "'Tis time, I think, by Wenlock town", alternate title: "Wenlock Edge", c1914 [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by David Branson (b. 1909), "The unseen Spring", published 1939 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by John Edmunds (1913 - 1986), "Wenlock Edge" [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by William Parks Grant (b. 1910), "'Tis time, I think", op. 7 (A Shropshire Lad) no. ? [ tenor and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Ivor (Bertie) Gurney (1890 - 1937), "'Tis time, I think, by Wenlock town", 1919, published 1923 [ tenor, string quartet, and piano ], from Ludlow and Teme, no. 3 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Janet Hamilton , "'Tis time, I think, by Wenlock town", published 1919 [ high voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by John (Nicholson) Ireland (1879 - 1962), "Hawthorn Time", 1919, published 1919 [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by John (Nicholson) Ireland (1879 - 1962), "Spring will not wait", 1927, published 1928 [ piano ], from We'll to the woods no more, no. 3, tacet [sung text checked 1 time]
- by John Jeffreys (1927 - 2010), "'Tis time, I think, by Wenlock town" [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Ernest John Moeran (1894 - 1950), "'Tis time, I think, by Wenlock town", R. 43 (1925), published 1926 [ baritone and piano ], Winthrop Rogers [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Charles Wilfred Orr (1893 - 1976), "'Tis time, I think, by Wenlock town", 1921, published 1923 [ tenor and piano ], from Two Songs from "A Shropshire Lad", no. 1 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Freda Mary Swain (1902 - 1985), "'Tis time, I think, by Wenlock town", 1925, rev. 1973 [ tenor and piano ensemble ], from The Lost Heart [sung text not yet checked]
- by John Ramsden Williamson (1929 - 2015), "'Tis time, I think, by Wenlock town" [ baritone and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CHI Chinese (中文) [singable] (Dr Huaixing Wang) , copyright © 2024, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Researcher for this page: Ted Perry
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 12
Word count: 72
我想时光在温城流过 金雀儿应绽开 山楂上下飘落 令大地雪皑皑。 春天不等浪子的时光 因离开的太长； 而带金雀儿爬上 堆楂花的篱墙。 哦过时失色温城边 金色从未看见 雪岭高长积在篱间 不会撒向我脸。
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Translations of title(s):
"Hawthorn Time" = "山楂时间"
"Spring will not wait" = "春天不等"
"The unseen Spring" = " 看不见的春天"
"'Tis time I think " = "我想时光 "
"'Tis time, I think, by Wenlock town" = "我想时光在温城流过"
"Wenlock Edge" = "温城边"
Text Authorship:
- Singable translation from English to Chinese (中文) copyright © 2024 by Dr Huaixing Wang, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you may ask the copyright-holder(s) directly or ask us; we are authorized to grant permission on their behalf. Please provide the translator's name when contacting us.
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Based on:
- a text in English by Alfred Edward Housman (1859 - 1936), no title, appears in A Shropshire Lad, no. 39, first published 1896
This text was added to the website: 2024-04-07
Line count: 12
Word count: 12