by Edwin Arlington Robinson (1869 - 1935)
The Dark Hills Matches original text
Language: English
Our translations: GER
Dark hills at evening in the west, Where sunset hovers like a sound Of golden horns that sang to rest Old bones of warriors under ground, Far now from all the bannered ways Where flash the legions of the sun, You fade -- as if the last of days Were fading, and all wars were done.
Composition:
- Set to music by David Evan Thomas (b. 1958), "The Dark Hills", 2020 [ medium voice and piano ], from Children of the Night, no. 4
Text Authorship:
- by Edwin Arlington Robinson (1869 - 1935), "The dark hills", appears in The Three Taverns, first published 1920
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Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- GER German (Deutsch) (Walter A. Aue) , "Die dunklen Hügel", copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website: 2008-06-01
Line count: 8
Word count: 55