by George William Russell (1867 - 1935)

Language: English 
Far up the dim twilight fluttered
  Moth-wings of vapour and flame:
The lights danced over the mountains,
  Star after star they came.
 
The lights grew thicker unheeded,
  For silent and still were we;
Our hearts were drunk with a beauty
  Our eyes could never see.

Composition:

    Set to music by Gardner Read (1913 - 2005), "The unknown God", op. 23 no. 2 (1934), published 1946 [ mezzo-soprano and piano ], from Four Nocturnes, no. 2

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This text was added to the website: 2008-08-15
Line count: 8
Word count: 45