by Alfred Edward Housman (1859 - 1936)
I wake from dreams and turning
Language: English
I wake from dreams and turning My vision on the height I scan the beacons burning About the fields of night. Each in its stedfast station Inflaming heaven they flare; They sign with conflagration The empty moors of air. The signal-fires of warning They blaze, but none regard; And on through night to morning The world runs ruinward.
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Text Authorship:
- by Alfred Edward Housman (1859 - 1936), no title, appears in More Poems, no. 43, first published 1936 [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 Victor Babin (1908 - 1972), "I wake from dreams", published 1951. [baritone and piano] [text not verified]
- by John Ramsden Williamson (1929 - 2015), "I wake from dreams and turning", published 2001 [baritone and piano], from Four Housman Songs, no. 2, Da Capo Music Ltd. [text not verified]
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This text was added to the website: 2008-08-18
Line count: 12
Word count: 58