by Alfred Edward Housman (1859 - 1936)
The weeping Pleiads wester
Language: English
The weeping Pleiads wester, And the moon is under sea; From bourn to bourn of midnight Far sighs the rainy breeze: It sighs from a lost country To a land I have not known; The weeping Pleiads wester, And I lie down alone.
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Text Authorship:
- by Alfred Edward Housman (1859 - 1936), no title, appears in More Poems, no. 10, 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 John Ramsden Williamson (1929 - 2015), "The weeping Pleiads wester" [baritone and piano] [text not verified]
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This text was added to the website: 2008-12-13
Line count: 8
Word count: 43