Songs
Rain has fallen
by Karol Szymanowski From Seven Songs after Poems of James Joyce (1926) Op. 54
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Text
Rain has fallen
English source:
James Joyce
Rain has fallen all the day.
O come among the laden trees:
The leaves lie thick upon the way
Of memories.
Staying a little by the way
Of memories shall we depart.
Come, my beloved, where I may
Speak to your heart.
O come among the laden trees:
The leaves lie thick upon the way
Of memories.
Staying a little by the way
Of memories shall we depart.
Come, my beloved, where I may
Speak to your heart.
Composer
Karol Szymanowski
Karol Maciej Szymanowski was a Polish composer and pianist, the most celebrated Polish composer of the early 20th century.
Poet
James Joyce
James Augustine Aloysius Joyce (2 February 1882 – 13 January 1941) was an Irish novelist, short story writer, poet, teacher, and literary critic. He contributed to the modernist avant-garde and is regarded as one of the most influential and…