by Andrew Erskine of Kellie (aka Captain Erskine / Dash) (c1740 - 1793)
Highland Air. The lone vale
Language: English
How sweet this lone vale, and how soothing to feeling Yon nightingale's notes, which in melody melt! Oblivion of woe o'er my mind gently stealing, -- A pause from keen anguish a moment is felt. The moon's yellow light on the still lake is sleeping; Ah! near yon sad spot Mary sleeps in her tomb! Again the heart swells, the eye flows with weeping; And the sweets of the vale are all cover'd with gloom.
Authorship:
- by Andrew Erskine of Kellie (aka Captain Erskine / Dash) (c1740 - 1793) [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 (Franz) Joseph Haydn (1732 - 1809), "Highland Air. The lone vale", Hob. XXXIa:175, JHW. XXXII/3 no. 245. [text verified 1 time]
Researcher for this page: Ferdinando Albeggiani
This text was added to the website: 2009-08-12
Line count: 16
Word count: 74