by D. H. (David Herbert) Lawrence (1885 - 1930)
Quite Forsaken
Language: English
What pain, to wake and miss you! To wake with a tightened heart, And mouth reaching forward to kiss you! This then at last is the dawn, and the bell Clanging at the farm! Such bewilderment Comes with the sight of the room, I cannot tell. It is raining. Down the half-obscure road Four labourers pass with their scythes Dejectedly; -- a huntsman goes by with his load: A gun, and a bunched-up deer, its four little feet Clustered dead. -- And this is the dawn For which I wanted the night to retreat!
Text Authorship:
- by D. H. (David Herbert) Lawrence (1885 - 1930), "Quite Forsaken", appears in Look! We Have Come Through!, first published 1917 [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 Vittorio Rieti (1898 - 1994), "Quite Forsaken", published 1964 [mezzo-soprano and piano], from Four D. H. Lawrence Songs, no. 4. [text not verified]
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This text was added to the website: 2008-09-17
Line count: 12
Word count: 92