by Eleanor Elde Darby (1809 - 1870)
Romance
Language: English
Peering o’er the hill, Smiling on the mill, Full orb’d the moon doth rise, Bathing the gazer’s soul in balm. Reigns all around a heav’nly calm. Beaming, gleaming, ope the stars’ bright eyes! O’er the castled steep And the millstream deep the spangling moon beams play, Elves of the mead and gnomes of the mine, Now ’tis your hour! the full moonshine! Moonlight is the Fairies’ Day!
Text 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 Carl Oberthür (1819 - 1895), as Charles Oberthür, "Romance", <<1857 [ voice and piano ], from operetta The Spirit of the Hartz
Score: Münchener DigitalisierungsZentrum Digitale Bibliothek [external link] [sung text checked 1 time]
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This text was added to the website: 2026-05-21
Line count: 12
Word count: 67