by William Sharp (1855 - 1905), as Fiona Macleod
At the rising of the moon
Language: English
At the rising of the moon I heard the falling echo of a song, down by the linn where the wild-brier hangs over the swirling foam. Ah swirling foam, ah poignant breath of the wild brier, now that I hear no haunting-sweet echo of a falling song at the rising of the moon.
Authorship:
- by William Sharp (1855 - 1905), as Fiona Macleod, "At the rising of the moon", appears in The Silence of Amor: Prose Rhythms, first published 1896 [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 Granville Ransome Bantock, Sir (1868 - 1946), "At the rising of the moon", 1921 [ voice and piano ], from Celtic Songs, no. 3 [sung text not yet checked]
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website: 2008-08-17
Line count: 6
Word count: 53