by Oscar Wilde (1854 - 1900)
Translation by Anonymous / Unidentified Author
To outer senses there is peace
Language: English
To outer senses there is peace, A dreamy peace on either hand, Deep silence in the shadowy land, Deep silence where the shadows cease. Save for a cry that echoes shrill From some lone bird disconsolate; A corncrake calling to its mate; The answer from the misty hill. And suddenly the moon withdraws Her sickle from the [lightening]1 skies, And to her sombre cavern flies, Wrapped in a veil of yellow gauze.
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View original text (without footnotes)Confirmed with Oscar Wilde, Poems, Boston: Robert Brothers, 1881.
1 Griffes: "light'ning"Text Authorship:
- by Oscar Wilde (1854 - 1900), "La Fuite de la Lune" [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 Eileen Belchamber , "La Fuite de la Lune", 1939 [ women's chorus ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Eduard de Boer (b. 1957), as Alexander Comitas, "La Fuite de la Lune", op. 11 no. 11a (1983) [ mixed chorus a cappella ], from Dawn, no. 1 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Richard James Brooks (b. 1942), "La Fuite de la Lune", 2009, first performed 2009 [ high voice and piano ], from Impressions, no. 2 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Carl Deis (1883 - 1960), "La Fuite de la Lune", 1914 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Charles Tomlinson Griffes (1884 - 1920), "La Fuite de la Lune", op. 3 (Tone-Images) no. 1, A. 31 (1912), published 1915 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Harold Vincent Jervis-Read (1883 - 1945), "The Moon" [ voice and piano ], from Four Impressions, no. 3, Ascherberg & Co. [sung text not yet checked]
- by Michael Linton , "La Fuite de la Lune", 2016-2017 [ bass-baritone and piano ], from Wilde songs, no. 3 [sung text not yet checked]
- by David Morris (b. 1964), "La Fuite de la Lune", 2002 [ mezzo-soprano, piano, violin ad libitum ], from Impressions, no. 2 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Gordon Balch Nevin (1892 - 1943), "The Flight of the Moon", published 1936 [ 2 sopranos and alto ], Gamble Hinged Music Co., Chicago [sung text not yet checked]
- by Nicolas Slonimsky (1894 - 1995), "La Fuite de la Lune", published 1927 [ soprano and piano ], from Impressions, 2 songs for soprano and piano, no. 2, White-Smith Music Publishing Co., New York [sung text not yet checked]
- by Audrey Snyder (b. 1953), "The Flight of the Moon", published 2007 [ mixed chorus and piano ad libitum ] [sung text not yet checked]
Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:
- Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist ; composed by Arie Gijsbert Schuyer.
- Also set in Russian (Русский), a translation by P. Potomkin ; composed by Borys Mykolayovych Lyatoshynsky.
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- Also set in Ukrainian (Українська), a translation by Grigory Porfirovich Kochur (1908 - 1994) , copyright © ; composed by Borys Mykolayovych Lyatoshynsky.
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Des Mondes Flucht
Language: German (Deutsch) after the English
Die Sinne wiegt ein Friedenshauch der alles sanft in Träume wiegt rings schweigt, was tief beschattet liegt; und was belichtet, schweigt auch. Nur noch ein schrilles Echo höhnt trostlosen Vogelruf: es rieft ein Wachtelkönig der schon schlief, nach seinem Weib und Antwort tönt, horch ! Da flammt der Himmel blitzerhellt und seine Silbersichel zieht der Mond zurück und hastig flieht er gelbverhüllt und angstentstellt. Doch sieh, die Sonne strahlt mit erhöhter Pracht ; und die Welt wacht auf.
Text Authorship:
- by Anonymous / Unidentified Author [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]
Based on:
- a text in English by Oscar Wilde (1854 - 1900), "La Fuite de la Lune"
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Arie Gijsbert Schuyer (1881 - 1941), "Des Mondes Flucht", published 1925 [ voice and piano ], from 15 Gesänge, no. 2, Offenbach am Main : Johann André [sung text not yet checked]
Researcher for this page: Joost van der Linden [Guest Editor]
This text was added to the website: 2023-10-30
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Word count: 76