by George William Russell (1867 - 1935)
Frolic
Language: English
The children were shouting together And racing along the sands, A glimmer of dancing shadows, A dovelike flutter of hands. The stars were shouting in heaven, The sun was chasing the moon: The game was the same as the children's, They danced to the self-same tune. The whole of the world was merry, One joy from the vale to the height, Where the blue woods of twilight encircled The lovely lawns of the light.
Authorship:
- by George William Russell (1867 - 1935), "Frolic", appears in The Divine Vision and Other Poems, first published 1903 [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 Edgar Leslie Bainton (1880 - 1956), "Frolic", published 1920 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Granville Ransome Bantock, Sir (1868 - 1946), "Frolic", published 1923 [ voice and piano ], from Three Songs for Children, no. 2 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Jean Coulthard (1908 - 2000), "Frolic", 1958-64 [ voice and piano ], from Six Irish Songs for Maureen, no. 3 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Peggy Glanville-Hicks (1912 - 1990), "Frolic", published 1938 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Fritz Bennicke Hart (1874 - 1949), "Frolic", op. 29 (Seven Sets of Seven Songs, Set II) no. 7 (1918) [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website: 2008-08-15
Line count: 12
Word count: 74