What colour are they now, thy quiet waters? The evening star has brought the evening light, And filled the river with the green hillside; The hill-tops waver in the rippling water, Trembles the absent vine and swells the grape In thy clear crystal.
Eight canons
by Gustav Holst (1874 - 1934)
7. Evening on the Moselle [sung text not yet checked]
Language: English
Text Authorship:
- by Helen Jane Waddell (1889 - 1965), "Evening on the Moselle", appears in Medieval Latin Lyrics
Based on:
- a text in Latin by Decimus Magnus Ausonius (c310 - 393/4), no title, an excerpt from a long prose passage
See other settings of this text.
Confirmed with Helen Waddell, Mediaeval Latin Lyrics, New York : Henry Holt and Company, 1948, page 31.
Researcher for this page: Joost van der Linden [Guest Editor]
Total word count: 43