by Arthur Symons (1865 - 1945)

Language: English 
Our translations:  CHI
The long September evening dies
  In mist along the fields and lanes.
Only a few faint stars surprise
  The lingering twilight as it wanes.

Night creeps across the darkening vale;
  On the horizon tree by tree
Fades into shadowy skies as pale
  As moonlight on a shadowy sea.

And down the mist-enfolded lanes,
  Grown pensive now with evening,
See, lingering as the twilight wanes,
  Lover with lover wandering.

Composition:

    Set to music by Peter Warlock (1894 - 1930), "Autumn's twilight", 1922, published 1923 [ voice and piano ]

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  • CHI Chinese (中文) [singable] (Dr Huaixing Wang) , copyright © 2024, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 12
Word count: 68