by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807 - 1882)
The children's hour
Language: English
Available translation(s): SPA
Between the dark and the daylight, When the night is beginning to lower, Comes a pause in the days occupations, That is known as Children's Hour. I hear in the chamber above me the patter of little feet The sound of a door that is opened and voices soft and sweet. From my study I see in the lamplight Descending the broad hall stair, Grave Alice and laughing Allegra and Edith with golden hair.
Authorship:
- by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807 - 1882), appears in Tales of a Wayside Inn, first published 1863 [author's text not yet checked 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 George Benjamin Allen (1822 - 1897), "The children's hour" [text not verified]
- by John Blockley (1800 - 1882), "The children's hour" [text not verified]
- by Arthur Cottam , "The children's hour" [text not verified]
- by Arthur R. Gaul , "The childrens' hour" [ SATB chorus and piano], partson [text not verified]
- by Charles Edward Ives (1874 - 1954), "The children's hour", 1901. [text verified 1 time]
- by Ulysses Simpson Kay (1917 - 1995), "The children's hour", published 1954 [TTBB chorus a cappella], from Triumvirate [text not verified]
- by J. Gaspar Maeder , "The children's hour", published 1860. [text not verified]
- by ?, Mrs. William Edward Newton (fl. 1870), as Mirana, "The children's hour" [text not verified]
- by Langton Williams , "The children's hour" [text not verified]
Available translations, adaptations, and transliterations (if applicable):
- SPA Spanish (Español) (Alfredo García) , title 1: "La hora de los niños", copyright © 2004, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 12
Word count: 75