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by Fredegond Cecily Shove (1899 - 1949)

In a Field
Language: English 
The sun and moon I see
   Beside me in the grass:
The moon, a daisy’s face
   As pure and fine as glass;
The sun, a dandelion
   As golden as a pound —
Oh what a firmament
   Is this which I have found!

White stars the elm tree shakes
   To twinkle where they lie
As bright upon the earth
   As any in the sky.
This field is heaven’s glass
   And gazing in I see
What disembodied joys
   The future holds for me.

Text Authorship:

  • by Fredegond Cecily Shove (1899 - 1949), "In a Field" [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 Fritz Bennicke Hart (1874 - 1949), "In a Field", op. 120 (Five songs) no. 5 (1938) [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2022-01-20
Line count: 16
Word count: 81

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