A birdless heaven, sea dusk, one lone star (Joyce, set by Stanley Richard Bate, Lorne M. Betts, John Ireland, Jack Marius Jarrett, Donald James Martino) (The LiederNet Archive: Texts and Translations to Lieder, mélodies, canzoni, and other classical vocal music)

by James Joyce (1882 - 1941)

A birdless heaven, sea dusk, one lone...

Language: English

Available translation(s): FRE GER

A birdless heaven, sea dusk, one lone star
Piercing the west,
As thou, fond heart, love's time, so faint, so far,
Rememberest.

The clear young eyes' soft look, the candid brow,
The fragrant hair,
Falling as through the silence falleth now
Dusk of the air.

Why then, remembering those shy
Sweet lures, repine
When the dear love she yielded with a sigh
Was all but thine?

About the headline (FAQ)

First published in Poetry, May 1917

Authorship

by James Joyce (1882 - 1941), "Tutto è sciolto", appears in Pomes Penyeach, no. 5 [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 Stanley Richard Bate (1913 - 1959), "Tutto è sciolto", published 1951 [low voice and piano], from Five Songs [
text not verified
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by Lorne M. Betts (b. 1918), "A birdless heaven, seadusk, one lone star", 1952 [voice and piano], from Five Songs (1952) [
text not verified
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by John (Nicholson) Ireland (1879 - 1962), "Tutto è sciolto", c1931, published 1933 [voice and piano], from The Joyce Book, no. 5. [
text verified 1 time
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by Jack Marius Jarrett (b. 1934), "Tutto è sciolto", 1964 [soprano or tenor and piano], from The Unquiet Heart [
text not verified
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by Donald James Martino (1931 - 2005), "Tutto è sciolto", published 1970 [soprano, bass, or tenor, and piano], from Three songs, no. 2. [
text not verified
]

Available translations, adaptations, and transliterations (if applicable):

Researcher for this text: Ted Perry

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