by Thomas Hardy (1840 - 1928)
After the Club Dance
Language: English
Black'on frowns east on Maidon, And westward to the sea, But on neither is his frown laden With scorn, as his frown on me! At dawn my heart grew heavy, I could not sip the wine, I left the jocund bevy And that young man o' mine. The roadside elms pass by me, - Why do I sink with shame When the birds a-perch there eye me? They, too, have done the same!
Text Authorship:
- by Thomas Hardy (1840 - 1928), "After the Club-Dance", appears in Time's Laughingstocks and Other Verses, in At Casterbridge Fair, no. 3, first published 1909 [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 Andrew Downes (1950 - 2023), "After the Club Dance", op. 1 no. 4 (1973), from Casterbridge Fair, no. 4 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Frederic Goossen (b. 1927), "After the Club-Dance" [ duet for mezzo-soprano and baritone with piano ], from At Casterbridge Fair, no. 3 [sung text not yet checked]
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Word count: 72