by Anonymous / Unidentified Author
A perfect day
Language: English
Bland air and leagues of immemorial blue, No subtlest hint of whitening rime or cold, A revel of rich colors, hue on hue, From radiant crimson to softest shades of gold, The vagueness in the undulant hill line, The flutter of a bird's south-soaring wing, Aeolian harmonies in the pine, And glad brook laughter like mirth of spring, A sense of gracious calm afar and near, And yet a something wanting here, One fine ray for consummation, Ah, love, were you but here, Then were the day indeed a perfect day.
Authorship:
- by Anonymous / Unidentified Author [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 perfect day", 1892? [text verified 1 time]
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 13
Word count: 91