by Alfred Edward Housman (1859 - 1936)
When the bells justle in the tower
Language: English
When the bells justle in the tower The hollow night amid, Then on my tongue the taste is sour Of all I ever did.
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First published in A. E. H., 1937.Text Authorship:
- by Alfred Edward Housman (1859 - 1936), no title, appears in Additional Poems, no. 9, 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 Lukas Foss (b. 1922), "When the bells justle", 1959-60, published 1960 (1962), copyright © 1964 [soprano and orchestra], from Time Cycle, no. 2, New York, Carl Fischer [text verified 1 time]
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