These songs are among Berkeley's earliest compositions, written in the mid-1970s at the suggestion and encouragement of Peter Pears. The poems, by Thomas Hardy, were chosen for various treatments of one theme - death, and thegrave. Some are wistful, some tragic, some humorous.
| Arrangement | Voice |
| Genres | Choral |
| NumberOfPages | 24 |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press |
| Contributors | Berkeley, Michael(Composer) |
| ISBN | 9780193451520 |