''Three Songs'' is a set of songs for voice and piano composed in 1926 by

John Ireland John Benjamin Ireland (January 30, 1914 – March 21, 1992) was a Canadian actor. He was nominated for an Academy Award for his performance in ''All the King's Men'' (1949), making him the first Vancouver-born actor to receive an Oscar nomin ...

(18791962). It consists of settings of three poems by various poets. A typical performance of the three songs as a set takes 8 minutes. The poems are: # "Love and Friendship" ( Emily Brontë (181848), from ''Wuthering Heights'' and ''Agnes Grey'') # "Friendship in Misfortune" (poet not identified) # "The One Hope" (

Dante Gabriel Rossetti Gabriel Charles Dante Rossetti (12 May 1828 – 9 April 1882), generally known as Dante Gabriel Rossetti (), was an English poet, illustrator, painter, translator and member of the Rossetti family. He founded the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhoo ...

(182882), from ''Poems'' (1870))

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Song cycles by John Ireland Classical song cycles in English 1926 compositions Musical settings of poems by Emily Brontë Musical settings of poems by Dante Gabriel Rossetti {{classical-composition-stub