by John Drinkwater (1882 - 1937)
A town window
Language: English
Beyond my window in the night Is but a drab inglorious street, Yet there the frost and clean starlight As over Warwick woods are sweet. Under the grey drift of the town The crocus works among the mould As eagerly as those that crown The Warwick spring in flame and gold. And when the tramway down the hill Across the cobbles moans and rings, There is about my window-sill The tumult of a thousand wings.
Authorship:
- by John Drinkwater (1882 - 1937), "A town window", appears in Swords and Ploughshares, first published 1915 [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 Ivor (Bertie) Gurney (1890 - 1937), "A town window" [voice and piano] [text verified 1 time]
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This text was added to the website: 2008-01-07
Line count: 12
Word count: 75