Grey London skies
Language: English
The blue sky of Naples is radiant to-day, It is not so restful or soft as the grey - I wearied of England, but till I crossed the sea I did not know how dear was its grey sky to me.
Authorship:
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Charles Willeby (1865 - 1955), "Grey London skies", copyright © 1914 [voice and piano], from Bow Bells : Five London Silhouettes, no. 5, London ; New York : Boosey [text verified 1 time]
Researcher for this page: Harry Joelson
This text was added to the website: 2010-12-08
Line count: 4
Word count: 41