by Gordon Bottomley (1874 - 1948)
Between April and May
Language: English
Between April and May No more can pass Than the edge of a mist Or a sidelong ray From the mopn or the glass Where the little moons hide To shew me your wrist On whiteness and nothing beside. The night is still, The darkness knows How far away A wavering rill Of warm air goes ; Though no bough hums, Between April and May A streak of plum-blossom comes.
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Text Authorship:
- by Gordon Bottomley (1874 - 1948), no title, appears in Chambers of Imagery, in Night and Morning Songs, no. 7, first published 1912 [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 Fritz Bennicke Hart (1874 - 1949), "Between April and May", op. 128 (Five songs) no. 3 (1938) [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
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