Verloren in de sompen
Droomt gansch een archipel
Van breed geblaâr der plompen
Bij toover-klokkenspel
Uit gouden koepel ruischt er
De klankenzang, die zacht
Versmelt tot teer gefluister
In blauwen manenacht.
En de irisbloemen wuiven
Hun weerbeeld in den vloed,
Waarover sterren schuiven
In schemergouden gloed
Libellen-elfen glijen
Midde’ in den blauwen glans
Waarin ze rhythmisch reien
Een wondren rondedans.
Melodische geruchten
Van harpen - die zacht-blij
Met klankenlijn verluchten
De sprook van het maangetij…
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Text Authorship:
- by Pierre Kemp (1886 - 1967), "Mane-sprook" [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 Hendrik Andriessen (1892 - 1981), "Manesprook", published 1969 [ mezzo-soprano, flute, oboe, and piano ], from Drie romantische liederen, no. 1 [sung text checked 1 time]
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This text was added to the website: 2022-06-16
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