by Sara Teasdale (1884 - 1933)
I heard a cry in the night
Language: English
I heard a cry in the night, A thousand miles it came, Sharp as a flash of light, My name, my name! It was your voice I heard, You waked and loved me so, I send you back this word, I know, I know!
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Later published as "Message" in Love Songs, 1917Text Authorship:
- by Sara Teasdale (1884 - 1933), "To one away", appears in Rivers to the Sea, first published 1915 [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 Amy Marcy Cheney Beach (1867 - 1944), "Message", op. 93, published 1922 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Ernest Charles (1895 - 1984), "Message" [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Henry Leland Clarke (1907 - 1992), "It was your voice", published 1920 [sung text not yet checked]
- by William Arms Fisher (1861 - 1948), "I heard a cry", op. 18 (Poems by Sara Teasdale) no. 1, published 1916 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Christopher H. Harris , "I heard a cry in the night" [ SATB chorus a cappella ], from Poems of Sara Teasdale, no. 1 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Jean Eichelberger Ivey (b. 1923), "To one away", from Woman's Love [sung text not yet checked]
- by Nika Leoni , "Message", 2015 [ soprano and piano ], from Six Love Songs by Sara Teasdale, no. 6 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Alexander Rihm , no title, published 1919 [sung text not yet checked]
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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
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Word count: 44