Three A.E. Housman Songs

​I. Bells in tower at evening toll
​II. The half-moon western low​
III. It is no gift I tender

Three A.E. Housman Songs

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Inspiration hit and this was the second set of art songs completed for Matt Daniels.  This set, along with Three Shakespeare Sonnets, was also the topic of Matt's doctoral dissertation/lecture recital and you can read more about that by clicking here! 

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I. Poem XVII, More Poems (1922)

Bells in tower at evening toll, 
And the day forsakes the soul; 
Soon will evening's self be gone 
And the whispering night come on. 

Blame not thou the blinded light 
Nor the whisper of the night: 
Though the whispering night were still, 
Yet the heart would counsel ill.

II. Poem XXVI, Last Poems (1922)

The half-moon westers low, my love, 
And the wind brings up the rain; 
And wide apart lie we, my love, 
And seas between the twain. 

I know not if it rains, my love, 
In the land where you do lie; 
And oh, so sound you sleep, my love, 
You know no more than I.

III. Poem IV, ​Additional Poems (1939)

It is no gift I tender,
A loan is all I can;
But do not scorn the lender;
Man gets no more from man.

Oh, mortal man may borrow
What mortal man can lend;
And 'twill not end to-morrow,
Though sure enough 'twill end.

If death and time are stronger,
A love may yet be strong;
The world will last for longer,
​But this will last for long

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