by Joseph Campbell (1881 - 1944)
Twilight fallen white and cold
Language: English
Twilight fallen white and cold, Child in cradle, lamb in fold ; Glimmering thro' the ghostly trees, Arcturus and Pleiades. Wounds of Eloim, Weep on me ! Black-winged vampires flitting by, Curlews crying in the sky ; Grey mists wreathing from the ground, Wrapping rath and burial-mound. Wounds of Eloim, Weep on me ! Heard, like some sad Gaelic strain, Ocean's ancient voice in pain ; Darkness folding hill and wood, Sorrow drinking at my blood. Wounds of Eloim, Weep on me !
Text Authorship:
- by Joseph Campbell (1881 - 1944), "Twilight fallen white and cold", appears in The Gilly of Christ, first published 1907 [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), "Twilight fallen white and cold", op. 49 no. 10 (1922) [ voice and piano ], from Thirteen Songs: The Gilly of Christ, no. 10 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Annie D. Scott , "Twilight fallen white and cold", published <<1940 [ voice and piano ], from Four Irish Songs [sung text not yet checked]
Researcher for this page: Ferdinando Albeggiani
This text was added to the website: 2009-02-04
Line count: 18
Word count: 77