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The fields are full
Chinese source:
Edward Shanks
The fields are full of summer still
And breathe again upon the air
From brown dry side of hedge and hill
More sweetness than the sense can bear.
So some old couple, who in youth
With love were filled and over-full,
And loved with strength and loved with truth,
In heavy age are beautiful.
And breathe again upon the air
From brown dry side of hedge and hill
More sweetness than the sense can bear.
So some old couple, who in youth
With love were filled and over-full,
And loved with strength and loved with truth,
In heavy age are beautiful.
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Performances
Previously performed at:
- Kitty Whately & William Vann 19 Apr 2024
- 74. VENUE AND ARTIST CHANGE On the River 19 Oct 2021
- 03. Gurney's Gloucestershire 08 Oct 2021
- An English Songbook: Dame Sarah Connolly & Eugene Asti 22 Oct 2018