by Thomas Hardy (1840 - 1928)
It never looks like summer
Language: English
"It never looks like summer here On Beeny by the sea." But though she saw its look as drear, Summer it seemed to me. It never looks like summer now Whatever weather's there; But ah, it cannot anyhow, On Beeny or elsewhere!
Authorship:
- by Thomas Hardy (1840 - 1928), appears in Moments of Vision and Miscellaneous Verses, first published 1917 [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 Gerald Finzi (1901 - 1956), "It never looks like summer", op. 19a no. 5, published 1958 [ high voice and piano ], from Till Earth Outwears, no. 5 [sung text checked 1 time]
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 8
Word count: 42