by Dorothy Mae Ann Wordsworth (1771 - 1855)
The days are cold, the nights are long
Language: English
The days are cold, the nights are long, The north-wind sings a doleful song; Then hush again upon my breast; All merry things are now at rest, Save thee, my pretty Love! The kitten sleeps upon the hearth, The crickets long have ceased their mirth; There's nothing stirring in the house Save one wee, hungry, nibbling mouse, Then why so busy thou? Nay! start not at that sparkling light; 'Tis but the moon that shines so bright On the window pane bedropped with rain: Then, little Darling! sleep again, And wake when it is day.
M. Akerman sets stanzas 1, 3
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View text with all available footnotesText Authorship:
- by Dorothy Mae Ann Wordsworth (1771 - 1855), "The Cottager to her Infant", written 1805 [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 Martin Akerman , "The cottager to her infant", stanzas 1,3 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Frank Bridge (1879 - 1941), "Berceuse", 1901, published 1902, first performed 1902 [ soprano and orchestra ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Mary Grant Carmichael (1851 - 1935), "My pretty love", published 1881 [ voice and piano ], London [sung text not yet checked]
- by Robert Owens (1925 - 2017), "The cottager to her infant ", op. 21 no. 1 [ baritone and piano ], from 4 Motivations for Baritone and Piano, no. 1 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Henry Théodore Pontet (1833 - 1902), as Marie Piccolomini, "Hush again upon my breast", subtitle: "The cottages lullaby", published 1895, London, Chappell & Co. [sung text not yet checked]
- by Alec Wilder (1907 - 1980), "The Cottage To Her Infant" [ voice, piano, accordion ] [sung text not yet checked]
Research team for this page: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Johann Winkler
This text was added to the website: 2010-10-26
Line count: 15
Word count: 96