The rustling nightfall strews my gown with roses,
And wine-flushed petals bring forgetfulness
[Of shadow after shadow striding past]1.
I arise with the stars exultantly 
and follow the sweep of the moon 
along the hushing stream, where no birds wake. 
[Only the far-drawn sigh of wary voices 
whispering: farewell.]2

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¹ omitted by Warlock.
² these lines have no Chinese equivalent.

Text Authorship:

• by Launcelot Alfred Cranmer-Byng (1872 - 1945), "Along the stream", appears in A Feast of Lanterns, first published 1916 [an adaptation] [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]

Based on:

• a text in Chinese (中文) by Li-Tai-Po (701 - 762), "自遣"
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Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):

• by Bernard van Dieren (1887 - 1936), "Along the stream", 1931, first performed 1931 [ voice, flute, oboe, string quartet, piano ], from Homages, in memoriam Phillip Heseltine, no. 2, arrangement of Warlock's song [sung text not yet checked]
• by Peter Warlock (1894 - 1930), "Along the stream", 1917, published 1923 [ voice and piano ], from Saudades, no. 1, London : Chester [sung text checked 1 time]

Researcher for this page: David K. Smythe

This text was added to the website: 2003-11-02
Line count: 8
Word count: 52