by James Elroy Flecker (1884 - 1915)
Fountains
Language: English
Soft is the collied night, and cool The wind about the garden pool. Here will I dip my burning hand And move an inch of drowsy sand, And pray the dark reflected skies To fasten with their [seal]1 mine eyes. A million million leagues away Among the stars the goldfish play, And high above the shadowed stars Wave and float the nenuphars.
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Researcher for this page: Joost van der Linden [Guest Editor]
Confirmed with J. C. Squire , The Collected Poems of James Elroy Flecker, New York Doubleday, Page & Co., 1916
1 Baines: "zeal"Text Authorship:
- by James Elroy Flecker (1884 - 1915), "Fountains" [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 Baines (1899 - 1922), "Fountains", 1919, first performed 1956, from Five songs, no. 1 [sung text checked 1 time]
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