by Charles Hanson Towne (1877 - 1949)
Language: English
There came an army from the sky, And surged across the parchèd plain; I saw the hurrying hosts go by — The blue battalions of the rain. O mighty army (bringing peace!) How bright your helmets seemed to shine! Your cavalcades brought glad release, For God was Captain of the line!
Confirmed with Charles Hanson Towne, The Quiet Singer and Other Poems B. W. Dodge & Company, New York 1908, Page 71.
Composition:
- Set to music by Amy Woodforde-Finden (1860 - 1919), "After drought", published 1918 [ voice and piano ], from The Myrtles of Damascus, no. 2, Boosey and Co., London
Text Authorship:
- by Charles Hanson Towne (1877 - 1949), "After drought", appears in The Quiet Singer and Other Poems, no. 57, New York, B. W. Dodge & Company, first published 1908
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