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by Ethel Tindal-Atkinson

Question
Language: English 
There is a star in the mist,
Dim-eyed and still,
And somewhere under the hill
Is the place where we kissed.

Sweet, are you near, are you far?
How shall I know?
Up from the silence below
Climbs the mist to the star.

Text Authorship:

  • by Ethel Tindal-Atkinson  [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 Mary Hannah (May) Brahe (1884 - 1956), "Question", published c1921 [ voice and piano ], from Spindrift : five songs, no. 2, London ; New York : Enoch & Sons
        Score: Trove [external link]  [sung text checked 1 time]

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This text was added to the website: 2025-12-10
Line count: 8
Word count: 43

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