by Algernon Blackwood (1869 - 1951)
Language: English
We shall meet the morning spiders,
The fairy cotton riders,
Each mounted, each mounted on a star's reflected ray.
With their tiny nets of feather.
They collect our thoughts together,
And on strips of windy weather bring the Day,
And on strips of windy weather bring the Day!
Composition:
- Set to music by Edward Elgar, Sir (1857 - 1934), "Dawn song", op. 78 no. 7 (1915), first performed 1915 [ soprano and piano ], from The Starlight Express, no. 7
Text Authorship:
- by Algernon Blackwood (1869 - 1951)
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