by Alfred Edward Housman (1859 - 1936)
He looked at me with eyes I thought
Language: English
He looked at me with eyes I thought I was not like to find, The voice he begged for pence with brought Another man to mind. Oh no, lad, never touch your cap; It is not my half-crown: You have it from a better chap That long ago lay down. Turn east and over Thames to Kent And come to the sea's brim, And find his everlasting tent And touch your cap to him.
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Text Authorship:
- by Alfred Edward Housman (1859 - 1936), no title, appears in More Poems, no. 41, 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 Robert Hugill , "He looked at me" [ baritone and piano ], from Four Songs to Texts by A. E. Housman, no. 1 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by John Ramsden Williamson (1929 - 2015), "He looked at me with eyes I thought " [ 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: 74