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by Julian Sturgis (1848 - 1904)

A stray nymph of Dian
Language: English 
I went a-hunting with Queen Dian's maids; --
Our sandals, bright with dew,
Swept through the grass, and down the list'ning glades
Our hounds beside us flew;
On swept the chase, but I stood gazing there
Poor wounded doe beside a thorn-tree fair.
For there, with fallen blossoms on his head,
I spied the sleeping boy.
The chase had left me breath, but now ot fled,
For pain of too great joy;
I panted so, the throng; that crossed my breast
And held my quiver, hurt me where it pressed.
I could not tell if he did smile or frown
For shadow's fickle play
On brow and cheek, and on his lip like down
A loving shadow lay.
And there I set my lips
Ah, joy and woe!
For now no more a hunting may I go,
No more a hunting may I go.

Text Authorship:

  • by Julian Sturgis (1848 - 1904) [author's text not yet checked 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 Charles Hubert Hastings Parry, Sir (1848 - 1918), "A stray nymph of Dian", 1896, published 1902, from the collection English Lyrics, Fifth Set, no. 1. [
     text verified 1 time
    ]

Researcher for this page: John Fowler

This text was added to the website: 2008-07-30
Line count: 20
Word count: 143

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