It was set to music by the English composer Edward Elgar in 1910, as his Op.
The Opus 59 songs were part of a song-cycle of six romantic songs by Parker that was never completed – strangely Nos 1, 2 and 4 were never composed.
The songs were originally written with piano accompaniment, but this was later re-scored by the composer for full orchestra.
The songs were composed between December 1909 and January 1910, and published by Novello's in 1910.
The first performance was by Muriel Foster at the Jaeger Memorial Concert[1] in the Queen's Hall on 24 January 1910.