by Aaron Schaffer (1893 - 1957)
Night
Language: English
My heart is placid as the lake Which softly flows 'neath starlit skies. And, as I walk, faint melodies of night, Of things but half awake, Stand soothing to its very deeps; It thrills and starts while mankind sleeps. The gentle murmur of the lake Is silvered by a fountain's play. A nightbird sings its tuneful lay Full of the night's vast joy and ache. A low wind sighs thru ghostly trees Which shiver in the dancing breeze.
Authorship:
- by Aaron Schaffer (1893 - 1957) [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 Aaron Copland (1900 - 1990), "Night", 1918. [text verified 1 time]
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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 12
Word count: 78