by William Scawen Blunt (1840 - 1922)
A nocturne
Language: English
The Moon has gone to her rest, A full hour ago. The Pleiads have found a nest In the waves below. Slow, the Hours one by one In Midnight's footsteps creep. Lovers who lie alone Soon wake to weep. Slow-footed tortoise Hours, will ye not hasten on, Till from his prison In the golden East A new day shall have risen, And the last stars be gone, Like guests belated from a bridal feast? When the long night is done Then shall ye sleep.
Authorship:
- by William Scawen Blunt (1840 - 1922), "A nocturne", appears in The Love Lyrics of Proteus, first published 1880 [author's text checked 1 time 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 James Brown , "A nocturne" [voice and piano] [text not verified]
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