by John Masefield (1878 - 1967)

Language: English 
I have seen dawn and sunset on moors and windy hills
Coming in solemn beauty like slow old tunes of Spain;
I have seen the Lady April bringing the daffodils,
Bringing the springing grass and the soft warm April rain.

I have heard the song of the blossoms and the old chant of the sea,
And seen strange lands from under the arched white sails of ships;
But the loveliest things of beauty God ever has shown to me
Are her voice, and her hair, and her eyes, and the dear red curve of her lips.
First published in Speaker, July 1903

Composition:

    Set to music by Arthur Walter Kramer (1890 - 1969), "I have seen dawn", op. 48 no. 1 (1922) [ voice and piano ]

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