by Edward Frederick Lockton (1876 - 1940)
Nightingale of June
Language: English
Magic evening falls around me, Hour of mist and dream, Wander I down ways enchanted Where the pale stars gleam. My heart is sad, but lo! there rings A melody on tireless wings, A golden song beyond the vale It is the wond’rous Nightingale! Nightingale of lovely June, Listening to your wild strain, Sorrow leaves me, nothing grieves me, Hope fills my heart again! Joy is waking, light is breaking Round me like magic fire, Fearless and strong rises your song, “Love is the world’s desire!” Oft in the darkened days I wandered Through a world of fears, Hope, like withered leaves, lay round me, Winds but sang of tears. But here to-night amid the flow’rs My heart is born to golden hours; Oh! could it ever flood life’s vale, Your wond’rous music, Nightingale! Nightingale of lovely June, Listening to your wild strain, Sorrow leaves me, nothing grieves me, Hope fills my heart again! Joy is waking, light is breaking Round me like magic fire, Fearless and strong rises your song, “Love is the world’s desire!”
Authorship:
- by Edward Frederick Lockton (1876 - 1940) [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 Wilfred Sanderson (1878 - 1935), "Nightingale of June" [voice and piano] [text verified 1 time]
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This text was added to the website: 2016-05-17
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Word count: 176