by William Sharp (1855 - 1905)
Fireflies
Language: English
Softly sailing emerald lights Above the cornfields come and go, Listlessly wandering to and fro The magic of these July nights Has surely even pierced down deep Where the earth's jewels unharmed sleep, And filled with fire the emeralds there And raised them thus to the outer air.
Authorship:
- by William Sharp (1855 - 1905), "Fireflies", appears in Poems, first published 1912 [author's text not yet checked 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 Fritz Bennicke Hart (1874 - 1949), "Fireflies", op. 67 (Twenty-Five Songs in Five Sets of Five Each: Set I) no. 4 (1926) [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
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This text was added to the website: 2008-08-18
Line count: 8
Word count: 48