by Alfred Edward Housman (1859 - 1936)
When green buds hang in the elm like...
Language: English
When green buds hang in the elm like dust And sprinkle the lime like rain, Forth I wander, forth I must, And drink of life again. Forth I must by hedgerow bowers To look at the leaves uncurled, And stand in the fields where cuckoo-flowers Are lying about the world.
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Text Authorship:
- by Alfred Edward Housman (1859 - 1936), no title, appears in More Poems, no. 9, 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 Leslie Mann (1923 - 1977), "Green buds", 1954 [ high voice and piano ], from Green Buds [sung text not yet checked]
- by Ian Venables (b. 1955), "When green buds hang in the elm like dust", op. 36 no. 2 (2003), first performed 2004 [ tenor, piano, string quartet ], from Songs of Eternity and Sorrow, no. 2 [sung text not yet checked]
- by John Ramsden Williamson (1929 - 2015), "When green buds hang in the elm like dust " [ baritone and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
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This text was added to the website: 2008-08-19
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Word count: 50