by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807 - 1882)
The day is ending
Language: English
The day is ending, The night is descending; The marsh is frozen, The river dead. Through clouds like ashes The red sun flashes On village windows That glimmer red. The snow recommences; The buried fences Mark no longer The road o'er the plain; While through the meadows, Like fearful shadows, Slowly passes A funeral train. The bell is pealing, And every feeling Within me responds To the dismal knell; Shadows are trailing, My heart is bewailing And tolling within Like a funeral bell.
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Text Authorship:
- by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807 - 1882), "Afternoon in February", first published 1845 [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 Emanuel Abraham Aguilar (1824 - 1904), "Afternoon in February" [sung text not yet checked]
- by Arthur C. Blunt , "The day is ending" [sung text not yet checked]
- by Arthur Cottam , "Afternoon in February" [sung text not yet checked]
- by J. Jacques Haakman , "Afternoon in February", op. 5 no. 1 [sung text not yet checked]
- by John Pike Hullah (1812 - 1884), "Afternoon in February" [sung text not yet checked]
- by Klaus Miehling (b. 1963), "Afternoon in February", op. 150 no. 1 (2008) [ baritone and piano ], from Elf Lieder nach Henry W. Longfellow, no. 1 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Thomas Tertius Noble (1867 - 1953), "Winter", published 1917 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Rudolph Zabel , "The day is ending", published 1875 [sung text not yet checked]
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Line count: 24
Word count: 83