by George William Russell (1867 - 1935)
Well it is gone now
Language: English
Well it is gone now, The dream that I chanted: On this side the dawn now I sit fate-implanted. But though of my dreaming The dawn has bereft me, It all was not seeming For something has left me. I feel in some other World far from this cold light The Dream Bird, my brother, Is rayed with the gold light. I too in the Father Would hide me, and so, Bright Bird, to foregather With thee now I go.
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Note: these are the last stanzas of "The fountain of shadowy beauty"Authorship:
- by George William Russell (1867 - 1935), no title, appears in The Earth Breath and Other Poems, first published 1897 [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), "The awakening", op. 31 (Seven Sets of Seven Songs, Set IV) no. 4 (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: 16
Word count: 80