by Richard Le Gallienne (1866 - 1947)
Do you remember how we used to go
Language: English
Do you remember how we used to go Into the woods at midsummer? -- For, after all, 'twas not so long ago -- And leave our horses tethered by the stream, And then steal farther in to kiss and dream -- At midsummer. A hidden place it was of rock and pine, There would we eat our bread and drink our wine, And laugh -- ah! how we laughed the laugh divine, There in the woods at midsummer. Then on a sudden grave and strange we were, With joy, like anguish, holding fast our eyes, While I would frame your face in your deep hair Falling across the hills of Paradise; And start, for fear 'twas foot of some chance comer, There in the woods at midsummer.
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Text Authorship:
- by Richard Le Gallienne (1866 - 1947), "At Midsummer", appears in The Junk Man and Other Poems, first published 1920 [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 Amy Worth (1888 - 1967), "Midsummer", <<1940. [text not verified]
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Word count: 123