Solen er til Hvile, den slukte sit Lys;
Dagen vil sove.
Engene damper, der gaar som et Gys
Gennem Gurrevangs Skove.
Der sitrer et Minde paa hvert et Blad,
Som bøjer sig, tynget af Duggens Bad;
I Bunterad,
Mens Dampene tættes og skilles ad,
Staa Enge og Minder og Skove.
Og det løfter sig, suget af Glansen fra oven,
Det svulmer som Voven;
Det sænker sig ned,
Og der fødes et Digt
Ved Skovsøens dæmrende Bred.

Confirmed with Drachmann, Holger, Samlede Petiske Skrifter - Folkeudgave - Fjerde bind, Gyldendalske Boghandel Nordisk Forlag, Kjøbenhavn og Kristiania, 1907.

Text Authorship:

• by Holger Henrik Herholdt Drachmann (1846 - 1908), "Sommer i Gurre", written 1876, appears in Ungdom i Digt og Sang, in Akvareller Undervejs [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 Frederick Delius (1862 - 1934), "Sommer i Gurre", 1902, also set in German (Deutsch), also set in English [sung text not yet checked]

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• Also set in English, a translation by Frederick Delius (1862 - 1934) ; composed by Frederick Delius.
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• Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by Jelka Rosen (Delius) (1868 - 1935) ; composed by Frederick Delius.
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• FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "L'été à Gurre", copyright © 2013, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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