by Thomas Moore (1779 - 1852)
A night thought
Language: English
How oft a cloud, with envious veil, Obscures yon bashful light Which seems so modestly to steal Along the waste of night! ... thus the world's obtrusive wrongs Obscure, with malice keen, Some timid heart which only longs To live and die unseen.
Text Authorship:
- by Thomas Moore (1779 - 1852), "A night thought", appears in The Poetical Works of the late Thomas Little, Esq., first published 1801 [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 Charles Edward Ives (1874 - 1954), "A night thought", 1895, published 1921. [voice and piano] [text verified 1 time]
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