by Alfred Edward Housman (1859 - 1936)
Oh turn not in from marching
Language: English
Oh turn not in from marching
To taverns on the way:
The drought and thirst and parching
A little dust will lay
And take desire away.
Oh waste no words a wooing
The soft sleep to your bed;
She is not worth pursuing,
You will so soon be dead
And death will serve instead.
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Text Authorship:
- by Alfred Edward Housman (1859 - 1936), no title, appears in Additional Poems, no. 13, first published 1939 [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 John Ramsden Williamson (1929 - 2015), "Oh turn not in from marching" [baritone and piano] [text not verified]
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website: 2011-03-04
Line count: 10
Word count: 54