Ivor Bertie Gurney was an English poet and composer, particularly of songs. He was born and raised in Gloucester. He suffered from manic depression through much of his life. Wikipedia
“If only this fear would leave me I could dream of Crickley Hill”
From De Profundis
Context: If only this fear would leave me I could dream of Crickley Hill
And a hundred thousand thoughts of home would visit my heart in sleep;
But here the peace is shattered all day by the devil's will,
And the guns bark night-long to spoil the velvet silence deep.
“Oh! Death would take so much from us, how should we not fear?”
From De Profundis
Context: But we of the rich plain of sweet airs and pure,
Oh! Death would take so much from us, how should we not fear?
