by Alfred Edward Housman (1859 - 1936)
Yon flakes that fret the eastern sky
Language: English
Yon flakes that fret the eastern sky Lead back my day of birth; The far, wide-wandered hour when I Came crying upon earth. Then came I crying, and to-day, With heavier cause to plain, Depart I into death away, Not to be born again.
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Text Authorship:
- by Alfred Edward Housman (1859 - 1936), no title, appears in More Poems, no. 25, 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), "Yon flakes that fret the eastern sky" [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: 44