by Seumas O'Sullivan (1879 - 1958)
The herdsman See original
Language: English
O herdsman, driving your slow twilight flock By darkening meadow and hedge and grassy rath, The trees stand shuddering as you pass by, The suddenly falling silence is your path. Over my heart too, the shadows are creeping, But on my heart for ever they will lie. O happy meadow and trees and raths and hedges, The twilight and all its flock will pass you by.
Titled "The shadows" in some publications
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
Composition:
- Set to music by Ernest John Moeran (1894 - 1950), "The herdsman", R. 85 no. 6 (1944), published 1946 [ high voice or medium voice and piano ], from Six Poems by Seumas O'Sullivan, no. 6
Text Authorship:
- by Seumas O'Sullivan (1879 - 1958), "The herdsman", appears in The Twilight People, first published 1905
See other settings of this text.
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website: 2009-02-03
Line count: 8
Word count: 67