An evening like an opal, The air one scent of may, A nightingale beginning To practise at his lay. A moth along a laneway Of air goes like a ghost, A sense grows deeper round me Of something near, but lost.
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Text Authorship:
- by Edward John Moreton Drax Plunkett, 18th Baron Dunsany (1878 - 1957), "In Wild-Rose garden" [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 Norman Houston O'Neill (1875 - 1934), "An evening like an opal" [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
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This text was added to the website: 2022-01-27
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