by Alfred Edward Housman (1859 - 1936)
Yonder see the morning blink
Language: English
Yonder see the morning blink: The sun is up, and up must I, To wash and dress and eat and drink And look at things and talk and think And work, and God knows why. Oh often have I washed and dressed And what's to show for all my pain? Let me lie abed and rest: Ten thousand times I've done my best And all's to do again.
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Authorship
- by Alfred Edward Housman (1859 - 1936), no title, appears in Last Poems, no. 11, first published 1922 [author's text checked 2 times 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 Benjamin Burrows (1891 - 1966), "Yonder see", <<1928. [text not verified]
- by Keith Douglas , "Yonder see the morning blink", <<1943. [text not verified]
- by Sergius Kagen (1909 - 1964), "Yonder see the morning blink", <<1964 [voice and piano], from A Song Cycle [text not verified]
- by Leslie Russell , "Yonder see the morning blink", 1973 [soprano or tenor and piano], from The Ludlow Cycle [text not verified]
- by Freda Mary Swain (1902 - 1985), "Yonder see the morning blink", 1929. [baritone and piano ensemble] [text not verified]
- by John Ramsden Williamson (1929 - 2015), "Yonder see the morning blink" [baritone and piano] [text not verified]
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website: 2008-08-19
Line count: 10
Word count: 68