by Edward Thomas (1878 - 1917), as Edward Eastaway
Head and bottle
Language: English
The downs will lose the sun, white alyssum Lose the bees' hum; But head and bottle tilted back in the cart Will never part Till I am cold as midnight and all my hours Are beeless flowers. He neither sees, nor hears, nor smells, nor thinks, But only drinks, Quiet in the yard where tree trunks do not lie More quietly.
Text Authorship:
- by Edward Thomas (1878 - 1917), as Edward Eastaway, "Head and bottle", first published 1917 [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 Gary Bachlund (b. 1947), "Head and bottle", 2010 [tenor and piano], from Ten Poems of Edward Thomas, no. 3 [ sung text checked 1 time]
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This text was added to the website: 2011-12-28
Line count: 10
Word count: 61