by Walter De la Mare (1873 - 1956)
Language: English
Ever, ever Stir and shiver The reeds and rushes By the river: Ever, ever, As if in dream, The lone moon’s silver Sleeks the stream. What old sorrow, What lost love, Moon, reeds, rushes, Dream you of?
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Composition:
- Set to music by Juliana Hall (b. 1958), "Why?", 1989, copyright © 2017, first performed 2004 [ soprano and oboe ], from Bells and Grass -- 5 songs for soprano and oboe, no. 3, E. C. Schirmer Music Company, Inc., a division of ECS Publishing Group
Text Authorship:
- by Walter De la Mare (1873 - 1956), "Why?", appears in Bells and Grass: A Book of Rhymes, first published 1941
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This text was added to the website: 2016-04-02
Line count: 12
Word count: 37