by Charles Hanson Towne (1877 - 1949)
At nightfall
Language: English
I need so much the quiet of your love, After the day's loud strife; I need your calm all other things above, After the stress of life. I crave the haven that in your dear heart lies, After all toil is done; I need the starshine of your heavenly eyes, After the day's great sun!
Confirmed with The Quiet Singer and Other Poems by Charles Hanson Towne, B. W. Dodge & Company, New York 1908, Page 73.
Text Authorship:
- by Charles Hanson Towne (1877 - 1949), "At nightfall", appears in The Quiet Singer and Other Poems, no. 59, 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 John W. Metcalf (1856 - ?), "At nightfall", published 1903 [ voice and piano ], Boston: Arthur P. Schmidt [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Amy Woodforde-Finden (1860 - 1919), "At nightfall", published 1918 [ voice and piano ], from The Myrtles of Damascus, no. 3, Boosey and Co., London [sung text checked 1 time]
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