Public art & sculpture · Yorkshire & the Humber
Lenten Cover
Lenten Cover — a public art in england-yorkshire, United Kingdom.
Stephen Craven — CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons licence
Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 1 h–2 h
- Free entry
- Dog-friendly
- Wheelchair accessible
About
Lenten Cover is a public art located in england-yorkshire, United Kingdom. Sourced from OpenStreetMap (ODbL licence); see local listings for visitor information, opening hours and admission details.
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From the Wikipedia article
"Lenten ys come with love to toune", also known as "Spring", is an anonymous late-13th or early-14th century Middle English lyric poem which describes the burgeoning of nature as spring arrives, and contrasts it with the sexual frustration of the poet. It forms part of the collection known as the Harley Lyrics. Possibly the most famous of the Middle English lyrics, it has been called one of the best lyrics in the language, and "a lover's description of spring, richer and more fragrant in detail than any other of its period." No original music for this poem survives, but it has been set to music by Benjamin Britten, Alan Rawsthorne and others. It was included in The Oxford Book of English Verse.
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Background
Description
"Lenten"'s references to daisies, roses, lilies and the moon recall the use of these images in evocations of Jesus Christ and the Virgin Mary, and are perhaps intended to suggest the purity of the natural world. Yet the poem is also remarkable for its nakedness of feeling, earthiness, and sexual frankness. The poet's inner life is shown intimately tied up with nature, an English countryside presented from the poet's own observation, possibly aided by instructions in some work on rhetoric on how to describe nature. Love is here a thing of the outdoor world, where sexual encounters were perhaps more likely to take place; it is not, as in Provençal troubadour lyrics, of the indoor world in…
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- Coordinates
- 53.8077, -1.5620
- District
- Leeds
- Parish
- Leeds, unparished area
- Postcode
- LS2 9LP
- Parliamentary constituency
- Leeds Central and Headingley
- Phone
- +44 20 8718 2800
- Opening
- Mo-Fr 10:00-16:00
- Official site
- marksintime.marksandspencer.com
Sources
- osm: node/13784726334 (ODbL)
- wikipedia: Lenten ys come with love to toune (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Lenten Cover?
- Lenten Cover is in Yorkshire, United Kingdom (postcode LS2 9LP), in the parish of Leeds, unparished area.
- Is Lenten Cover free to visit?
- Yes, Lenten Cover is free to enter.
- How do I get to Lenten Cover?
- Drivers can navigate to postcode LS2 9LP. It sits within the Leeds Central and Headingley parliamentary constituency.