The Land of Lost Content is a song cycle for voice and piano composed in 192021 by John Ireland 18791962. It consists of settings of six poems by A. E. Housman from his 1896 collection `A Shropshire Lad`

1. XXIX `The Lent Lily` [4]
2. XV `Ladslove` `Look not in my eyes`
3. XVII `Goal and Wicket` `Twice a week the winter thorough`
4. XXXIII `The Vain Desire` `If truth in hearts that perish`
5. XXII `The Encounter` `The street sounds to the soldiers` tread`
6. LVII `Epilogue` `You smile upon your friend today`