The children's hour | Between the dark and the daylight

by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807 - 1882)

The children's hour

Language: English

Our translations: SPA

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 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.

Text 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" [sung text not yet checked]
by John Blockley (1800 - 1882), "The children's hour" [sung text not yet checked]
by Arthur Cottam , "The children's hour" [sung text not yet checked]
by Arthur R. Gaul , "The childrens' hour" [ SATB chorus and piano ], partson [sung text not yet checked]
by Charles Edward Ives (1874 - 1954), "The children's hour", 1901 [sung text checked 1 time]
by Ulysses Simpson Kay (1917 - 1995), "The children's hour", published 1954 [ TTBB chorus a cappella ], from Triumvirate [sung text not yet checked]
by J. Gaspar Maeder , "The children's hour", published 1860 [sung text not yet checked]
by ?, Mrs. William Edward Newton (flourished 1870), as Mirana, "The children's hour" [sung text not yet checked]
by Langton Williams , "The children's hour" [sung text not yet checked]

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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