Public art & sculpture · Yorkshire & the Humber
Lenten Cover
In or near Adel.
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
- Nearest railway station
- Burley Park · 1.1 km
- Free entry
- Dog-friendly
- Wheelchair accessible
Getting there & planning your visit
Lenten Cover is located in Leeds, Yorkshire, with the postcode LS2 9LP. The nearest railway station is Burley Park, which is 1.1 km away. Entry is free, and the site is 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.
Photo gallery
See it from the streetimagery from 2019
Imagery © Mapillary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0
Official information
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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…
Sourced from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- 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
- Nearest railway station
- Burley Park — 1.1 km
- Opening
- Mon-Fri and second Saturday of every month 10am-4pm; closed Bank Holidays
- 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.
- What is Lenten Cover?
- Lenten Cover — a public art in england-yorkshire, United Kingdom.
- How do I get to Lenten Cover?
- The nearest railway station is Burley Park, about 1.1 km away. Drivers can use postcode LS2 9LP.
- Is Lenten Cover free to visit?
- Yes, Lenten Cover is free to enter.
- How do I get to Lenten Cover?
- The nearest railway station is Burley Park, about 1.1 km away. Drivers can navigate to postcode LS2 9LP.