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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]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2008-12-13
Line count: 8
Word count: 73

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