The gray sea and the long black land; And the yellow half-moon large and low; And the startled little waves that leap In fiery ringlets from their sleep, As I gain the cove with pushing prow, And quench its speed i' the slushy sand. Then a mile of warm sea-scented beach; Three fields to cross till a farm appears; A tap on the pane, the quick sharp scratch And blue spurt of a lighted match, And a voice less loud, through its joys and fears, Than the two hearts beating each to each!
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Authorship:
- by Robert Browning (1812 - 1889), "Meeting at Night", appears in Bells and Pomegranates, Volume VII, first published 1845 [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 Nancy Armes , "Meeting at Night" [ medium voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Robert Cohen , "Meeting at Night", op. 13, copyright © 1964 [ soprano and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Norman Dello Joio (1913 - 2008), "Meeting at Night", published 1954 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Charles R. Fisher , "Meeting at Night", published 1904 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Donald R. Frederick , "Meeting at Night", published 1958 [ satb chorus and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by William Hawley (b. 1950), "Meeting at Night", first performed 1995 [ SSAATTBB chorus a cappella ], from Four Reveries, no. 4 [sung text not yet checked]
- by C. H. Reed , "Meeting at Night" [ voice and piano ], from Twelve songs [sung text not yet checked]
- by Wilhelm Rettich (1892 - 1988), "Meeting at Night", published 1974 [ tenor or baritone and piano ], from Two songs [sung text not yet checked]
- by Margaret Ryan , "Meeting at Night", published 1932 [ high voice and piano ], from Two songs [sung text not yet checked]
- by Francis Schwartz (b. 1940), "Meeting at Night", 1960 [ soprano and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Cecil Sharman (1894 - ?), "Meeting at Night", published 1957 [ mixed chorus a cappella ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Arthur Somervell, Sir (1863 - 1937), "Meeting at Night", published 1923 [ voice and piano ], from A Broken Arc, no. 2 [sung text not yet checked]
- by George Waring Stebbins (1869 - 1930), "Meeting", published 1909 [ high voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Lesesne Van Antwerp (b. 1948), "Meeting at Night", 1973, first performed 1974 [ satb chorus a cappella ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Grace White , "Meeting at Night", published 1917 [ violin and piano ], from Three Descriptions from Browning [sung text not yet checked]
- by Maurice C. Whitney (b. 1909), "Meeting at Night", published 1960 [ satb chorus and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by John W. Worth , "Meeting at Night" [ medium voice and piano ], from Twelve Songs by Browning [sung text not yet checked]
The text above (or a part of it) is used in the following settings:
- by Edwin Gerschefski (b. 1909), "Meeting at night, parting at morning", op. 8 no. 2 [ voice and piano ]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- GER German (Deutsch) (Richard Flatter) , "Nächtliche Fahrt", appears in Die Fähre, Englische Lyrik aus fünf Jahrhunderten, first published 1936
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website: 2005-01-24
Line count: 12
Word count: 93
Grau ist die See und schwarz das Land – Noch steht der Halbmond rot und tief – Leuchtend läuft eine Woge zum Strand, Die der Bug meines Boots aus dem Schlafe rief. Schon winkt mir die Bucht, die mein Sehnen mir wies, Schon hemmt meine Fahrt der knirschende Kies. Weithin dehnt sich der duftende Strand – Drei Felder landein, da zeigt sich ein Haus – Heimlich ein Tupf an den Fensterrand – Ein Zündholz, knistrig, flammt, lischt aus – Ein flüsterndes Wort zwischen Angst und Lust – Schon schlagen zwei Herzen Brust an Brust.
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Confirmed with Die Fähre, Englische Lyrik aus fünf Jahrhunderten Übersetzt von Richard Flatter, Walter Krieg Verlag, Wien-Bad Bocklet-Zürich, 1954, 2nd edition (1st edition 1936), page 172.
Authorship:
- by Richard Flatter (1891 - 1960), "Nächtliche Fahrt", appears in Die Fähre, Englische Lyrik aus fünf Jahrhunderten, first published 1936 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
Based on:
- a text in English by Robert Browning (1812 - 1889), "Meeting at Night", appears in Bells and Pomegranates, Volume VII, first published 1845
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- [ None yet in the database ]
Researcher for this page: Volkmar Henschel
This text was added to the website: 2021-02-25
Line count: 12
Word count: 94