The fountain murmuring of sleep,
A drowsy tune;
The flickering green of leaves that keep
The light of June.
Peace, through a slumbering afternoon,
The peace of June,
A waiting ghost, in the blue sky,
The white curved moon;
June, hushed and breathless, waits, and I
Wait too, with June.
Come, through the lingering afternoon,
Soon, love, come soon.
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Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by (Edward) Maurice Besly (1888 - 1945), "In Fountain Court", published <<1940 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Phyllis Campbell (1891 - 1974), "In fountain court", copyright © 2018 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Malcolm Gordon Davidson (1891 - 1949), "In Fountain Court", published <<1940 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Cecil Forsyth (1870 - 1941), "June", published <<1940 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Hans Gál (1890 - 1987), "Song of June", op. 77 no. 4 (1951), published 1960 [ soprano or mezzo-soprano solo, three-part women's chorus, and strings ], from Of a Summer Day, no. 4, Association of American Choruses, Philadelphia [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Muriel Emily Herbert (1897 - 1984), "In Fountain Court", published 1927 [ voice and piano ], London : Elkin & Co. [sung text not yet checked]
- by Wynn Hunt (b. 1910), "In Fountain Court" [ mezzo-soprano and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by John (Nicholson) Ireland (1879 - 1962), "Tryst", 1928, published 1929 [ voice and piano ], from Two Songs, no. 1 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Cedric Wilmot Lemont (1879 - 1954), "In Fountain Court", published <<1940 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Elizabeth Maconchy (1907 - 1994), "In Fountain Court", c1929 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Paul McIntyre , "In Fountain Court" [ voice and piano ], from Three Poems of Arthur Symonds [sic] [sung text not yet checked]
- by (George) Alexander Russell (1880 - 1953), "In Fountain Court", 1916 [sung text not yet checked]
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Line count: 12
Word count: 59
泉水带着睡意淙淙，
曲调朦胧。
树叶闪动绿光以保证
六月光明。
静，通过那沉睡的午后，
六月和平。
鬼魂等待，天空蔚蓝，
月弯晶晶；
六月，匆忙，等待，且咱
也把它等。
来，通过那绵缠的午后，
就来，爱情。