 The first of the major works was the orchestral "A Song of Summer", based on sketches that Delius had previously collected under the title of "A Poem of Life and Love".In dictating the new beginning of this work, Delius asked Fenby to "imagine that we are sitting on the cliffs in the heather, looking out over the sea".This does not, says Fenby, indicate that the dictation process was calm and leisurely; the mood was usually frenzied and nerve-wracking.