by Robert Louis Stevenson (1850 - 1894)
The moon has a face like the clock in...
Language: English
The moon has a face like the clock in the hall; She shines on thieves on the garden wall, On streets and fields and harbour quays, And birdies asleep in the forks of the trees. The squalling cat and the squeaking mouse, The howling dog by the door of the house, The bat that lies in bed at noon, All love to be out by the light of the moon. But all of the things that belong to the day Cuddle to sleep to be out of her way; And flowers and children close their eyes Till up in the morning the sun shall arise.
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Authorship
- by Robert Louis Stevenson (1850 - 1894), "The moon", appears in A Child's Garden of Verses, first published 1885 [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 Armand Balendonck , "The moon", published <<1940. [text not verified]
- by Mary E. Covert , "The moon", published 1954. [voice and piano] [text not verified]
- by Edward Falk , "The moon", published <<1940 [voice and piano], from A Child's Garden of Verses [text not verified]
- by Marjorie Helyer , "The moon", published 1959 [unison chorus and piano], in The Classroom Chorister [text not verified]
- by Ian Higginson (b. 1959), "The moon" [voice and piano] [text verified 1 time]
- by Alan Hovhaness (1911 - 2000), "The moon has a face", op. 156 (1932), published 1968. [medium voice and piano] [text verified 1 time]
- by Liza Lehmann (1862 - 1918), "The moon", published 1893 [tenor and piano], from The daisy chain: twelve songs of childhood, no. 10. [text verified 1 time]
- by Marvin Radnor , "The moon", published 1923. [voice and piano] [text not verified]
- by Arnold McC. Shields , "The moon", published 1937. [unison chorus and piano] [text not verified]
- by Philip George Wilkinson (b. 1929), "The moon", published 1955. [unison chorus and piano] [text not verified]
- by Patrick Williams (1905 - 1985), "The moon", published 1961. [unison chorus and piano] [text not verified]
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website: 2004-02-10
Line count: 12
Word count: 105