by Sara Teasdale (1884 - 1933)
Dreamily over the roofs
Language: English
Dreamily over the roofs The cold spring rain is falling; Out in [the]1 lonely tree A bird is calling, calling. [Slowly]2 over the earth The wings of night are falling; My heart like the bird in the tree Is calling, calling, calling.
About the headline (FAQ)
View original text (without footnotes)Confirmed with Sara Teasdale, Helen of Troy and Other Poems, G. P. Putnam's Sons, New York and London, 1911, page 103.
1 Watts: "a"2 Watts: "Softly"
Text Authorship:
- by Sara Teasdale (1884 - 1933), "Twilight", appears in Helen of Troy and Other Poems, first published 1911 [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 Ernst Bacon (1898 - 1990), "Twilight" [sung text not yet checked]
- by Dominick DiOrio , "Twilight", 2013 [ baritone and piano ], from A Ghost Through the Winding Years, no. 3 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Brad Mehldau (b. 1970), "Twilight ", from Love Songs, no. 4 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Harold Vincent Milligan (1888 - 1951), "Twilight", published 1917 [ voice and piano ], from 5 Lyrics by Sara Teasdale [sung text not yet checked]
- by Wintter Haynes Watts (1884 - 1962), "Wings of Night", published 1917 [ high voice, piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
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Line count: 8
Word count: 44