by Charles Hanson Towne (1877 - 1949)
After drought
Language: English
There came an army from the sky, And surged across the parchèd plain; I saw the hurrying hosts go by — The blue battalions of the rain. O mighty army (bringing peace!) How bright your helmets seemed to shine! Your cavalcades brought glad release, For God was Captain of the line!
Confirmed with Charles Hanson Towne, The Quiet Singer and Other Poems B. W. Dodge & Company, New York 1908, Page 71.
Text Authorship:
- by Charles Hanson Towne (1877 - 1949), "After drought", appears in The Quiet Singer and Other Poems, no. 57, New York, B. W. Dodge & Company, first published 1908 [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 Amy Woodforde-Finden (1860 - 1919), "After drought", published 1918 [ voice and piano ], from The Myrtles of Damascus, no. 2, Boosey and Co., London [sung text checked 1 time]
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