by Alfred Edward Housman (1859 - 1936)
Far in a western brookland
Language: English
Far in a western brookland That bred me long ago The poplars stand and tremble By pools I used to know. There, in the windless night-time, The wanderer, marvelling why, Halts on the bridge to hearken How soft the poplars sigh. He hears: no more remembered In fields where I was known, Here I lie down in London And turn to rest alone. There, by the starlit fences, The wanderer halts and hears My soul that lingers sighing About the glimmering weirs.
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Authorship:
- by Alfred Edward Housman (1859 - 1936), no title, appears in A Shropshire Lad, no. 52, first published 1896 [author's text checked 2 times 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 Arnold Edward Trevor Bax, Sir (1883 - 1953), "Far in a western brookland", 1918, published 1920 [ medium voice and piano ], from Three Songs, no. 1 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Benjamin Burrows (1891 - 1966), "The poplars", 1927 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Alfred Redgrave Cripps (1882 - 1950), "Far in a western brookland", published <<1940 [ voice and piano ], from Nine "Shropshire Lad" Songs [sung text not yet checked]
- by John Woods Duke (1899 - 1984), "Far in a western brookland", 1977 [ baritone and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Robin Field (b. 1935), "Far in a western brookland", 1960 [ medium voice and piano ], from When I was one and twenty [sung text not yet checked]
- by Ivor (Bertie) Gurney (1890 - 1937), "Far in a western brookland", 1919, published 1923 [ tenor, string quartet, and piano ], from Ludlow and Teme, no. 2 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Salvador Ley (1907 - 1985), "Far in a western brookland", published <<1940 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Ernest John Moeran (1894 - 1950), "Far in a western brookland", R. 3 no. 4 (1916), published 1926 [ baritone and piano ], from Four Songs from A Shropshire Lad, no. 4 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Ernest John Moeran (1894 - 1950), "Far in a western brookland", R. 44 (1925), published 1926 [ voice and piano ], Winthrop Rogers [sung text checked 1 time]
- by John Raynor (1909 - 1970), "Far in a western brookland" [ baritone and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Freda Mary Swain (1902 - 1985), "Far in a western brookland" [sung text not yet checked]
- by David Van Vactor (b. 1906), "Far in a western brookland", published 1968 [ satb chorus a cappella ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by John Ramsden Williamson (1929 - 2015), "Far in a western brookland" [ baritone and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Stanley Wilson , "Far in a western brookland", published <<1967 [ TTBB chorus a cappella ], from Four Songs from "A Shropshire Lad" [sung text not yet checked]
Researcher for this text: Ted Perry
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Word count: 82