Winter's song

"When icicles hang by the wall", also called Winter's song, is a song from Shakespeare's play "Love's Labour's Lost" (V.2, 933).[1][2][3] The poem has been set by composers including Thomas Arne, Ralph Vaughan Williams, Hubert Parry, John Rutter and Ronald Corp and Elsie Bollinger.

References

  1. The Cambridge Paperback Guide to Literature in English Ian Ousby - 1996 - Page 237 "the play concludes with the delightful song 'When Icicles Hang by the Wall'."
  2. Shakespeare and Science - Page 228 "The plight of the animal kingdom in winter time won the sympathy of the poet. " Birds sit brooding in the snow " is a line from Winter's song in " Love's Labour's Lost " (V.2, 933)."
  3. The Sunday Times "When icicles hang by the wall"
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