On Soundless Wings Two Poems of Walter de la Mare
David Lewiston Sharpe
Scoring High Voice Piano Duration: 4 mins approx. ________ The Scribe What lovely things Thy hand hath made: The smooth-plumed bird In its emerald shade, The seed of the grass, The speck of the stone Which the wayfaring ant Stirs – and hastes on! Though I should sit By some tarn in thy hills, Using its ink As the spirit wills To write of Earth's wonders, Its live, willed things, Flit would the ages On soundless wings Ere unto Z My pen drew nigh Leviathan told, And the honey-fly: And still would remain My wit to try – My worn reeds broken, The dark tarn dry, All words forgotten – Thou, Lord, and I. Autumn (November) There is a wind where the rose was, Cold rain where sweet grass was, And clouds like sheep Stream o'er the steep Grey skies where the lark was. Nought warm where your hand was, Nought gold where your hair was, But phantom, forlorn, Beneath the thorn, Your ghost where your face was. Cold wind where your voice was, Tears, tears where my heart was, And ever with me, Child, ever with me, Silence where hope was. Walter de la Mare (1873–1956)
On Soundless Wings Two Poems of Walter de la Mare Walter de la Mare
David Lewiston Sharpe
1. The Scribe Lentorello
q= 68
mp
ten. p cresc. molto dim. p What love - ly things
5
poco più f
Thy hand hath
made: The smooth- plumed bird In its em - er - ald shade, 3
9
meno f (‘sotto voce’)
3 3
The seed of the
mp
grass,
The speck of the
stone
Music copyright © 2005 by David Lewiston Sharpe
Which the way - far - ing
2
13
p
ant
Stirs –
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Subito meno mosso
and
p
hastes
sit
By
some
tarn
on!
mp sostenuto
Though I should
poco mf
dim.
mp sostenuto
cresc.
pp
20
poco accel.
poco
dim.
cresc. in thy hills,
U
-
sing
its
ink
As the
3
24
A tempo (meno mosso)
cresc.
poco mf
spi - rit
wills
meno f cresc.
28
Its
live,
mp
On sound - less
To
write
poco mf
dim.
of
Earth’s
won -
ders,
p
mp cresc.
things,
Flit would the
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a - ges
willed
wings
poco f
4
35
poco rit.
Espansivo
39
nigh
3
A tempo
still would
mp
43
p dim.
Le - vi - a - than
Ere un - to
mp
p
pp
re - main
told,
sostenuto
Z[ed]
My
p
cresc.
3 My
And the
wit
to try –
pen
drew
dim.
poco accel. mp
ho - ney - fly: And
pp dolciss.
My
worn
reeds
sub. pp dolciss.
5
47
bro
-
ken,
The
poco cresc.
51
mp
dark
tarn
p
All words for - got - ten –
Thou,
dry,
Lord, and I.
p dim.
dim.
6
2. Autumn (November) Poco vivo ma struggimento q = 82
più cresc. poco mf legato
5
mf espr.
There
is
a
wind
where the
poco cresc. mp dim. molto
9
rose
was,
meno f
Cold
rain
where
dim. poco cresc. p
7
13
sweet
grass
was,
And clouds like
poco più cresc.
dim.
17
sheep
dim.
dim.
Stream o’er
the
ten.
ten.
steep
Grey
21
ten.
skies
where
the
lark
dim.
was.
8
25
più lirico p
Nought
poco più cresc. dim.
29
warm
where your hand
was,
più f
Nought
gold
where your
poco cresc.
33
dim.
hair
was,
poco mf
But
phan - tom,
dim. poco
for -
9
37
- lorn,
Be - neath
the
thorn,
p scuro
Your
poco cresc.
p scuro
41
ghost
where your
face
dim.
was.
cresc. poco mp delicato
45
p mesto
p espr. emesto Cold
wind
where your
10
49
voice
was,
strugg. molto
Tears,
tears
where my
dim. molto
p colla voce
ten.
53
dim.
heart
was,
cresc.
And
e - ver
with me, Child,
e - ver
dim. p
57
ten.
with
me,
p ten.
Si
-
più dim.
lence
poco f espr. molto
where
hope
was.