by Edward Thomas (1878 - 1917)
Snow
Language: English
In the gloom of whiteness In the great silence of snow, A child was sighing and bitterly saying; "Oh, They have killed a white bird up there on her nest, The down is fluttering from her breast!" And still it fell through that dusky brightness On the child crying for the bird of the snow.
Authorship:
- by Edward Thomas (1878 - 1917) [author's text not yet checked 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 Ivor (Bertie) Gurney (1890 - 1937), "Snow", 1921, published 1952 [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by John Jeffreys (1927 - 2010), "Snow" [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Ty Kroll , "Snow" [ three three-part rounds for SAA chorus a cappella ] [sung text not yet checked]
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
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Word count: 55