by Frederick E. Weatherly (1848 - 1929)
Day is dying See original
Language: English
Day is dying! cool sweet winds
Over lake and woods are borne;
Eve in filmy fetters binds
Earth, with din and labour worn.
Lady, close each wearied eye,
Soothed by this our lullaby;
Lullaby from maidens fond:
Slumber, lady Rosamond!
...
Slumber thou, a rose atween
Silver lilies' stainless snow,
Very rose and very queen
Of each subject rose below!
Hark! late shepherd-pipings soft,
Sweeten yon fair blossom'd croft,
Whisp'ring with thy maidens fond:
Slumber, lady Rosamond!
Composition:
- Set to music by Joseph Leopold Roeckel (1838 - 1923), "Day is dying", published 1901, stanzas 1,3 [ mixed chorus and piano ], in the collection The Laurel Song Book, Boston: C.C. Birchard & Co.
Text Authorship:
- by Frederick E. Weatherly (1848 - 1929), "Lullaby", appears in Muriel, the Sea-King's Daughter; and Other Poems, in Songs from "Fair Rosamond"
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