© by John Reeves (1909 - 1978)
The snail
Language: English
At sunset, when the night-dews fall [ ... ]
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Authorship:
- by John Reeves (1909 - 1978), "The snail", copyright © [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 Elizabeth Maconchy (1907 - 1994), "The snail", published c1980, first performed 1980 [SATB chorus a cappella], from Creatures, no. 2, London : Chester Music [text verified 1 time]
This text was added to the website: 2011-01-16
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Word count: 70