Rise up, rise up,
And, as the trumpet blowing
[Chases]1 the dreams of men,
As the dawn glowing
The stars that left unlit
The land and water,
Rise up and scatter
The dew that covers
The print of last night's lovers ---
Scatter it, scatter it!
 
While you are listening
To [the]2 clear horn,
Forget, men, everything
On this earth newborn,
[Except]3 that it is lovelier
Than any mysteries.
Open your eyes to the air
That has washed the eyes of the stars
Through all the dewy night:
Up with the light,
To the old wars;
Arise, arise!

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¹ Gurney: "Scatters"
² Gurney: "that"
³ Gurney: "Save"

Text Authorship:

• by Edward Thomas (1878 - 1917), as Edward Eastaway, "The Trumpet", first published 1917 [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 Gary Bachlund (b. 1947), "The Trumpet", 2010 [ tenor and piano ], from Ten Poems of Edward Thomas, no. 1 [sung text checked 1 time]
• by Ivor (Bertie) Gurney (1890 - 1937), "The Trumpet", 1925, published 1926 [ voice and piano ], from Lights Out, no. 6 [sung text checked 1 time]
• by Derek Healey (b. 1936), "The Trumpet", op. 126 no. 4 (2011) [ high voice and piano ], from Five Edward Thomas Songs: Set 2, no. 4 [sung text not yet checked]
• by Brian Holmes (b. 1946), "The Trumpet" [ tenor and orchestra ], from The Trumpet and other Songs, no. 1 [sung text not yet checked]
• by Rhian Samuel (b. 1944), "The Trumpet", 2023, first performed 2023 [ mixed chorus ], from Earth Newborn, no. 1, Stainer & Bell [sung text not yet checked]
• by Douglas Gordon Weiland (b. 1954), "The Trumpet", op. 68 (Songs to Poems by Edward Thomas) no. 2 (2023) [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]

Research team for this page: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , David Kenneth Smith

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