Ivor Bertie Gurney fue un poeta y compositor inglés, particularmente de canciones. Nació y creció en Gloucester. Sufrió de enfermedades mentales durante gran parte de su vida. Wikipedia
“If only this fear would leave me I could dream of Crickley Hill”
From De Profundis
Contexto: 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
Contexto: But we of the rich plain of sweet airs and pure,
Oh! Death would take so much from us, how should we not fear?