Lightly come or lightly go | Lightly come or lightly go

by James Joyce (1882 - 1941)

Lightly come or lightly go

Language: English

Our translations: FRE

Lightly come or lightly go: 
  Though thy heart presage thee woe, 
Vales and many a wasted sun, 
  Oread, let thy laughter run, 
Till the irreverent mountain air 
Ripple all thy flying hair. 

Lightly, lightly - ever so: 
  Clouds that wrap the vales below 
At the hour of evenstar 
  Lowliest attendants are 
Love and laughter song-confessed 
When the heart is heaviest.

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Text Authorship:

by James Joyce (1882 - 1941), no title, appears in Chamber Music, no. 25, first published 1907 [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 David Arditti (b. 1964), no title, op. 20 no. 16 (1998) [ tenor and string quartet ], from Chamber Music, no. 16 [sung text checked 1 time]
by Lorne M. Betts (b. 1918), "Lightly come or lightly go", 1951 [ high voice and piano ], from Six Songs to Poems of James Joyce [sung text not yet checked]
by Laurence Clarke , "Lightly come or lightly go" [ soprano and piano ], from "Chamber Music": Five Poems by James Joyce [sung text not yet checked]
by Ross Lee Finney (1906 - 1997), "Lightly come or lightly go", 1952, published 1985, first performed 1975 [ voice and piano ], from Chamber Music, no. 25, Henmar Press [sung text not yet checked]
by Jack Marius Jarrett (b. 1934), "Lightly come or lightly go", 1965 [ satb chorus and piano ], from Love's Counsel [sung text not yet checked]
by Paul Amadeus Pisk (1893 - 1990), "Lightly come or lightly go", op. 101 no. ? [ tenor and piano ], from Songs from "Chamber Music" by James Joyce [sung text not yet checked]
by Conrad Susa (b. 1935), "Lightly come or lightly go", published 1973 [ satb chorus and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]

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Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 12
Word count: 59