by Edward Alexander MacDowell (1860 - 1908)
Slumber song
Language: English
Dearest, sleep sound, The stream's ice-bound, The stream's ice-bound. Softly the north wind moans, Drowsy, sleepily, falls the snow, Falls the snow o'er the dark pinecones. Dearest, sleep sound, sleep sound. Dearest, sleep sound, Misty dreamland's moonlit strand Awaits the coming guest. The pine logs smoulder As soft on my shoulder A flaxen head sinks to rest, to rest. Dearest, sleep sound, sleep sound.
Authorship:
- by Edward Alexander MacDowell (1860 - 1908) [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Edward Alexander MacDowell (1860 - 1908), "Slumber song", op. 9 (Two old songs) no. 2, published 1894 [sung text checked 1 time]
Researcher for this page: Ferdinando Albeggiani
This text was added to the website: 2009-01-09
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