by Thomas Hardy (1840 - 1928)
Faint heart in a railway train
Language: English
At nine in the morning there passed a church, At ten there passed me by the sea, At twelve a town of smoke and smirch, At two a forest of oak and birch, And then, on a platform, she: A radiant stranger, who saw not me. I queried, "Get out to her do I dare?" But I kept my seat in my search for a plea, And the wheels moved on. O could it but be That I had alighted there!
Text Authorship:
- by Thomas Hardy (1840 - 1928), "Faintheart in a railway train", appears in Late Lyrics and Earlier with Many Other Verses [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 Charlotte Bray , "Faint heart in a railway train", 2010 [ soprano and piano ], from Midnight closes, no. 3 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Muriel Emily Herbert (1897 - 1984), "Faint heart in a railway train", 1925? [ voice and piano ], confirmed with a CD booklet [sung text checked 1 time]
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This text was added to the website: 2010-03-24
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Word count: 81