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"Aedh Wishes for the Cloths of Heaven", also known as "He Wishes for the Cloths of Heaven" in later publications, is a poem by William Butler Yeats. It was published in 1899 in his third volume of poetry, The Wind Among the Reeds .
She was known for her soft, melodic art songs for voice in both Welsh and English. Charlotte Church [8] and Aled Jones [9] have recorded Caneuon y Tri Aderyn (Three Welsh Bird Songs; 1962): Y Gylfinir (The Curlew), Tylluanod (Owls), and her most famous song, Mae Hiraeth yn y Môr (There is longing in the sea, R. Williams Parry's sonnet set to music).
It was used as the first song in the 1904 Yeats cycle The Wind Among the Reeds, which also includes Dunhill's best known song, 'The Cloths of Heaven'. The cycle was first performed in 1912 (in the orchestral version) by Gervase Elwes at a Royal Philharmonic Society concert conducted by Sir Frederic Cowen . [ 5 ]
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The Countess Kathleen and Various Legends and Lyrics is the second poetry collection of W. B. Yeats. [1] [2]It includes the play The Countess Cathleen and group of shorter lyrics that Yeats would later collect under the title of The Rose in his Collected Poems.
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That heaven has kissed With melody, mirth, And meadow and mist. 50. God is good, but never dance in a small boat. 51. May you have: A world of wishes at your command. God and his angels close to hand.
The Cloths of Heaven: for voice and piano: words by William Butler Yeats: Vocal: ca. 1912: Shy One: for voice and piano: words by William Butler Yeats: Vocal: ca. 1912: Weep You No More Sad Fountains: for voice and piano: words by anonymous (John Dowland?); also for mixed chorus: Oxford University Press Vocal: ca. 1912–1913: Away Delights ...