Two Even-Songs

Song Cycle by John G. Barnett (1802 - 1890)

?. To‑Night  [sung text not yet checked]

Language: English 
The moon is a curving flower of gold,
   The sky is still and blue;
The moon was made for the sky to hold,
   And I for you.

The moon is a flower without a stem,
   The sky is luminous;
Eternity was made for them,
   To-night for us.

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  • FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "Cette nuit", copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Confirmed with Sara Teasdale, Love Songs, New York, The Macmillan Company, 1917, page 59.


Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
Total word count: 47