by William Sharp (1855 - 1905)
The wintry wolds are white; the wind
Language: English
The wintry wolds are white; the wind
Seems frozen; in the shelter'd nooks
The sparrows shiver; the black rooks
Wheel homeward where the elms behind
The manor stand; at the field's edge
The redbreasts in the blackthorn hedge
Sit close and under snowy eaves
The shrewmice sleep 'mid nested leaves.
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Text Authorship:
- by William Sharp (1855 - 1905), "A winter hedgerow", appears in Poems, first published 1912 [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 Arthur Benjamin (1893 - 1960), "Hedgerow", published 1925 [ medium voice and piano or string quartet ], from Three Impressions [sung text not yet checked]
- by Fritz Bennicke Hart (1874 - 1949), "A winter hedgerow", op. 67 (Twenty-Five Songs in Five Sets of Five Each: Set I) no. 5 (1926) [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
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This text was added to the website: 2008-08-18
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Word count: 50