Seven Lieder of Edward Elgar - The Songs

The Songs

The songs are, with author of words, opus number (if any) and date of first publication:

  1. "Like to the Damask Rose", Simon Wastell (1892)
  2. "Queen Mary's Song", Alfred, Lord Tennyson (1889)
  3. "A Song of Autumn", Adam Lindsay Gordon (1892)
  4. "The Poet's Life", Ellen Burroughs (1892)
  5. "Through the Long Days", John Hay, Op. 16 No. 2 (1885)
  6. "Rondel", Henry Longfellow from a Rondel by Froissart, Op. 16 No. 3 (1894)
  7. "The Shepherd's Song", Barry Pain, Op. 16 No. 1 (1892)

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