When moonlight falls on the water [ ... ]
Four Nocturnes
Song Cycle by Gardner Read (1913 - 2005)
1. When Moonlight Falls  [sung text checked 1 time]
Language: English
Authorship:
- by Hilda Conkling (1910 - 1986), copyright ©
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This text may be copyright, so we will not display it until we obtain permission to do so or discover it is public-domain.2. The unknown God  [sung text checked 1 time]
Language: English
Far up the dim twilight fluttered Moth-wings of vapour and flame: The lights danced over the mountains, Star after star they came. The lights grew thicker unheeded, For silent and still were we; Our hearts were drunk with a beauty Our eyes could never see.
Authorship:
- by George William Russell (1867 - 1935), "The unknown god", appears in Homeward: Songs by the Way, first published 1894
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Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]2. A White Blossom  [sung text checked 1 time]
Language: English
A fragile bud, as white as jade [ ... ]
Authorship:
- by Vail Read , copyright ©
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This text may be copyright, so we will not display it until we obtain permission to do so or discover it is public-domain.4. The moon  [sung text checked 1 time]
Language: English
Thy beauty haunts me heart and soul, Oh, thou fair Moon, so close and bright; Thy beauty makes me like the child That cries aloud to own thy light: The little child that lifts each arm To press thee to her bosom warm. Though there are birds that sing this night With thy white beams across their throats, Let my deep silence speak for me More than for them their sweetest notes: Who worships thee till music fails, Is greater than thy nightingales.
Authorship:
- by William Henry Davies (1871 - 1940), "The moon", appears in The Bird of Paradise and Other Poems, first published 1914
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