by Thomas Hardy (1840 - 1928)
It bends far over Yell'ham Plain
Language: English
It bends far over Yell'ham Plain, And we, from Yell'ham Height, Stand and regard its fiery train, So soon to swim from sight. It will return long years hence, when As now its strange swift shine Will fall on Yell'ham; but not then On that sweet form of thine.
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Text Authorship:
- by Thomas Hardy (1840 - 1928), "The comet at Yalbury or Yell'ham", appears in Poems of the Past and Present, first published 1902 [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), "The Comet at Yell'ham", op. 14 no. 5, published 1933 [tenor and piano], from A Young Man's Exhortation, no. 5. [text verified 1 time]
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