by Anonymous / Unidentified Author
The ending year
Language: English
Frail autumn lights on the leaves Beacon the ending year, Winds and rain are here, Bleak nights are here, Blowing winds are here, Blowing winds about the eaves. Here in the valley mists begin To breathe about the riverside The breath of Autumn-tide; And dark fields now wait to take the harvest in. And you, and you are far away, Ah! this it is, Ah! this it is, Ah! This takes the light from the day.
Text Authorship:
- by Anonymous / Unidentified Author [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 Charles Edward Ives (1874 - 1954), "The ending year", 1898. [text verified 1 time]
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 13
Word count: 76