by Sara Teasdale (1884 - 1933)
Alone in the night
Language: English
Alone in the night
On a dark hill
With pines around me
Spicy and still,
And a heaven full of stars
Over my head,
White and topaz
And misty red;
Myriads with beating
Hearts of fire
That aeons
Cannot vex or tire;
Up the dome of heaven
Like a great hill,
I watch them marching
Stately and still,
And I know that I
Am honored to be
Witness
Of so much majesty.
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Text Authorship:
- by Sara Teasdale (1884 - 1933), "Stars", appears in Flame and Shadow, first published 1920 [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 William Henry Berwald (1864 - 1948), "Stars", published 1934 [ SATB chorus a cappella ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Johannes Boris Borowski (b. 1979), ""Stars", 2023-24 [ voice and piano ], from Songs after poems by Sara Teasdale, no. 22, Berlin : Boosey & Hawkes [sung text not yet checked]
- by Judith Herrington , "Stars Tonight", published 2019 [ chorus and piano ], Pavane Publishing
Publisher: Pavane Publishing [external link] [sung text not yet checked] - by Andrea Ramsey (b. 1977), "A Witness to Majesty", copyright © 2012 [ ssaa chorus and piano ], JEHMS
Publisher: Alliance Music Publication [external link] [sung text not yet checked] - by Joseph Turrin (b. 1947), "Stars", 2012 [ baritone and piano ], from Three Songs, no. 2 [sung text not yet checked]
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website: 2008-06-04
Line count: 20
Word count: 72