by Edward Rowland Sill (1841 - 1887)
Night in the woods, ‑‑ night
Language: English
Night in the woods, -- night: Peace, peace on the plain. The last red sunset beam Belts the tall beech with gold; The quiet kine are in the fold, And stilly flows the stream. Soon shall we see the stars again, For one more day down to its rest has lain, And all its cares have taken flight, And all its doubt and pain. Night in the woods, -- night: Peace, peace on the plain.
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View text with all available footnotesConfirmed with Edward Rowland Sill, Hermione: and Other Poems, Boston and New York: Houghton, Mifflin and Company; Cambridge: The Riverside Press, 1899, page 72.
Text Authorship:
- by Edward Rowland Sill (1841 - 1887), "Night and Peace", appears in Hermione: and Other Poems [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Marion Eugénie Bauer (1882 - 1955), "Night in the woods", published 1921 [ medium voice and piano ], New York and Boston: G. Schirmer [sung text checked 1 time]
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