by Algernon Blackwood (1869 - 1951)
Dawn song
Language: English
We shall meet the morning spiders,
The fairy cotton riders,
Each mounted, each mounted on a star's reflected ray.
With their tiny nets of feather.
They collect our thoughts together,
And on strips of windy weather bring the Day,
And on strips of windy weather bring the Day!
Text Authorship:
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Edward Elgar, Sir (1857 - 1934), "Dawn song", op. 78 no. 7 (1915), first performed 1915 [soprano and piano], from The Starlight Express, no. 7. [text verified 1 time]
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This text was added to the website: 2009-02-19
Line count: 7
Word count: 48