Had the gods loved me I had lain Where darnel is, and thorn, And the wild night-bird's nightlong strain Trembles in boughs forlorn. Nay, but they loved me not; and I Must needs a stranger be, Whose every exiled day gone by Aches with their memory.
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Authorship:
- by Walter De la Mare (1873 - 1956), "Exile", appears in The Listeners and Other Poems, first published 1912 [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 Cecil Armstrong Gibbs (1889 - 1960), "The exile", published 1923 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Ivor (Bertie) Gurney (1890 - 1937), "Beware!", 1921 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Imogen Clare Holst (1907 - 1984), "Exile", subtitle: "Had the gods loved me", 1925 [ soprano, 2 violins, and cello ], from Three Songs, no. 3, voice must be treble voice [sung text not yet checked]
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This text was added to the website: 2008-01-11
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