by Alfred Edward Housman (1859 - 1936)
From far, from eve and morning
Language: English
From far, from eve and morning And yon twelve-winded sky, The stuff of life to knit me Blew hither: here am I. Now - for a breath I tarry Nor yet disperse apart - Take my hand quick and tell me, What have you in your heart. Speak now, and I will answer; How shall I help you, say; Ere to the wind's twelve quarters I take my endless way.
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Authorship:
- by Alfred Edward Housman (1859 - 1936), no title, appears in A Shropshire Lad, no. 32, first published 1896 [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 Benjamin Burrows (1891 - 1966), "From far, from eve and morning" [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Timothy Hoekman , "From far, from eve and morning", 1982, published 1988 [ voice and piano ], from Seven Housman Songs, no. 7 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Nick Peros (b. 1963), "From far, from eve and morning" [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Hugh Priestley-Smith , "From far, from eve and morning", published <<1943 [ voice and piano ], from From the West Country [sung text not yet checked]
- by John Theodore Livingston Raynor (1909 - 1970), "From Far, From Eve And Morning", op. 658 (1965) [sung text not yet checked]
- by Howard Skempton (b. 1947), "From far, from eve and morning", first performed 2005 [ voice and harp ], from Three Songs for Jennie, no. 3, confirmed with a CD booklet [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Ruth W. Vanderlip (1900 - 1986), "From far, from eve and morning" [ low voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872 - 1958), "From far, from eve and morning", 1908-9, published 1911, rev. 1946 [ tenor, piano, and string quartet ad lib ], from On Wenlock Edge, no. 2 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by John Ramsden Williamson (1929 - 2015), "From far, from eve and morning" [ baritone and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
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