by Richard Watson Gilder (1844 - 1909)
Before Sunrise
Language: English
The winds of morning move and sing; The western stars are lingering; In the pale east one planet still Shines large above King Philip's hill;-- And near, in gold against the blue, The old moon, in its arms the new. Lo, the deep waters of the bay Stir with the breath of hurrying day. Wake, loved one, wake and look with me Across the narrow, dawn-lit sea! Such beauty is not wholly mine Till thou, dear heart, hast made it thine.
Confirmed with Richard Watson Gilder, Lyrics and Other Poems, New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1885, page 20.
Text Authorship:
- by Richard Watson Gilder (1844 - 1909), "Before Sunrise", appears in Lyrics [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 Arthur Foote (1853 - 1937), "Before Sunrise", op. 67 (Four songs) no. 4, published 1908, copyright © 1908 [ low voice and piano ], Boston, Arthur P. Schmidt [sung text checked 1 time]
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