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by Sara Teasdale (1884 - 1933)

Wings of Night
 (Sung text for setting by W. Watts)
 See original
Language: English 
Dreamily over the roofs
  The cold spring rain is falling;
Out in a lonely tree
  A bird is calling, calling.

Softly over the earth
  The wings of night are falling;
My heart like the bird in the tree
  Is calling, calling, calling.

Composition:

    Set to music by Wintter Haynes Watts (1884 - 1962), "Wings of Night", published 1917 [ high voice, piano ]

Text Authorship:

  • by Sara Teasdale (1884 - 1933), "Twilight", appears in Helen of Troy and Other Poems, first published 1911

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Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 8
Word count: 44

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