by Walter De la Mare (1873 - 1956)
The ruin
Language: English
When the last colours of the day Have from their burning ebbed away, About that ruin, cold and lone, The cricket shrills from stone to stone; And scattering o'er its darkened green, Bands of fairies may be seen, Clattering like grasshoppers, their feet Dancing a thistledown dance round it: While the great gold of the mild moon Tinges their tiny acorn shoon.
Text Authorship:
- by Walter De la Mare (1873 - 1956), "The ruin", appears in Peacock Pie: A Book of Rhymes, in 6. Witches and Fairies, no. 3, first published 1913 [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 Ivor (Bertie) Gurney (1890 - 1937), "The ruin", c1922 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Juliana Hall (b. 1958), "The ruin", 1989, first performed 1995 [ tenor and piano ], from Peacock Pie -- 20 songs for Tenor and Piano, no. 14 [sung text not yet checked]
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This text was added to the website: 2014-03-25
Line count: 10
Word count: 62