by Thomas Hardy (1840 - 1928)
A night in November
Language: English
I marked when the weather changed, And the planes began to quake, And the winds rose up and ranged, that night, lying half-awake. Dead leaves blew into my room, And alighted upon my bed, And a tree declared to the gloom Its sorrow that they were shed. One leaf of them touched my hand, And I thought that it was you There stood as you used to stand And saying at last you knew.
Text Authorship:
- by Thomas Hardy (1840 - 1928) [author's text not yet checked 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), "A night in November", op. 15 no. 3, published 1977 [ soprano, flute or tenor recorder, harpsichord, and cello ], from Lost Love, no. 3, West Midlands, England : Lynwood Music Photo Editions [sung text checked 1 time]
- by John Ramsden Williamson (1929 - 2015), "A Night in November " [ baritone and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 12
Word count: 74