I need not go
Poet: Thomas Hardy
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1 | I need not go | |
2 | Through sleet and snow | |
3 | To where I know | |
4 | She waits for me; | |
5 | She will tarry me there | |
6 | Till I find it fair, | |
7 | And have time to spare | |
8 | From company. | |
9 | When I've overgot | |
10 | The world somewhat, | |
11 | When things cost not | |
12 | Such stress and strain, | |
13 | Is soon enough | |
14 | By cypress sough | |
15 | To tell my Love | |
16 | I am come again. | |
17 | And if some day, | |
18 | When none cries nay, | |
19 | I still delay | |
20 | To seek her side, | |
21 | (Though ample measure | |
22 | Of fitting leisure | |
23 | Await my pleasure) | |
24 | She will not chide. | |
25 | What - not upbraid me | |
26 | That I delayed me, | |
27 | Nor ask what stayed me | |
28 | So long? Ah, no! - | |
29 | New cares may claim me, | |
30 | New loves inflame me, | |
31 | She will not blame me, | |
32 | But suffer it so. | |
(Hardy, 138) |
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Publisher: Boosey & Hawkes - Distributed by Hal Leonard Corporation
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Audio Recordings
The Songs of Gerald Finzi to Words by Thomas Hardy
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The following is an analysis of **** by Gerhardus Daniël Van der Watt. Dr. Van der Watt extended permission to post this excerpt from his dissertation on October 8th, 2010. His dissertation dated November 1996, is entitled:
The Songs of Gerald Finzi (1901-1956) To Poems by Thomas Hardy
This excerpt comes from Volume II and begins on page *** and concludes on page ***. To view the methodology used within Dr. Van der Watt's dissertation please refer to: Methodology - Van der Watt.
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The following is an analysis of I Need Not Go by Curtis Alan Scheib. Dr. Scheib extended permission to post this excerpt from his dissertation on February 17th, 2012. His dissertation dated 1999, is entitled:
Gerald Finzi's Songs For Baritone On Texts By Thomas Hardy: An Historical And Literary Analysis And Its Effect On Their Interpretation
This excerpt begins on page seventy and concludes on page seventy-one.
I Need Not Go |
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I need not go | ||
Through sleet and snow | ||
To where I know | ||
She waits for me; | ||
She will tarry me there | ||
Till I find it fair, | ||
And have time to spare | ||
From company. | ||
When I've overgot | ||
The world somewhat, | ||
When things cost not | ||
Such stress and strain, | ||
Is soon enough | ||
By cypress sough | ||
To tell my Love | ||
I am come again. | ||
And if some day, | ||
When none cries nay, | ||
I still delay | ||
To seek her side, | ||
(Though ample measure | ||
Of fitting leisure | ||
Await my pleasure) | ||
She will not chide. | ||
What - not upbraid me | ||
That I delayed me, | ||
Nor ask what stayed me | ||
So long? Ah, no! - | ||
New cares may claim me, | ||
New loves inflame me, | ||
She will not blame me, | ||
But suffer it so. | ||
(Hardy, 138) |
Hardy speaks of fidelity here to a love who will wait through many circumstances. The waiting is made easy however, because the love is in her grave wile the poet's feelings live on. Finzi composed this setting sometime before 1936 and it exhibits the relative diatonicism that was indicative of his style at that time. The song is in a modified strophic idea, the melodic contours remaining similar for the first three sets of verses. At the question that begins the last pair of verses, Finzi pauses the momentum briefly by using a recitative, but soon the piano sweeps back in with running triplet figures to signal a return to the opening motive and the poet's continued fidelity. The rising motive is heard again at the very last line (example 37), ironic for its motion away from where the beloved is lying.
The preceding was an analysis of I Need Not Go by Curtis Alan Scheib. Dr. Scheib extended permission to post this excerpt from his dissertation on February 17th, 2012. His dissertation dated 1999, is entitled:
Gerald Finzi's Songs For Baritone On Texts By Thomas Hardy: An Historical And Literary Analysis And Its Effect On Their Interpretation
The excerpt began on page seventy and concluded on page seventy-one.