by Laurence Binyon (1869 - 1943)
Day's End
Language: English
When I am weary, thronged with the cares of the vain day That tease as harsh winds tease the unresting autumn boughs, I still my mind at evening and put all else away But the image of my Love, where all my hopes I house. The thoughts of her fall gently as the gentleness of snow. That after storm makes smoothness in the ways that are rough; White with a hush of beauty over my heart they grow To the peace of which my heart can never hold enough.
Text Authorship:
- by Laurence Binyon (1869 - 1943), "Day's End" [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 Theodore Livingston Raynor (1909 - 1970), "Day's End", op. 288 (1951) [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
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