by Alfred Edward Housman (1859 - 1936)
I did not lose my heart in summer's even
Language: English
I did not lose my heart in summer's even, When roses to the moonrise burst apart: When plumes were under heel and lead was flying, In blood and smoke and flame I lost my heart. I lost it to a soldier and a foeman, A chap that did not kill me, but he tried; That took the sabre straight, and took it striking And laughed and kissed his hand to me and died.
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Text Authorship:
- by Alfred Edward Housman (1859 - 1936), no title, appears in More Poems, no. 37, 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 Woods Duke (1899 - 1984), "I lost my heart", 1976 [ baritone and piano ], Southern/Texas [sung text not yet checked]
- by John Ramsden Williamson (1929 - 2015), "I did not lose my heart in summer's even " [ baritone and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
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This text was added to the website: 2008-12-13
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Word count: 73