by Thomas Moore (1779 - 1852)
I saw the moon rise clear
Language: English
I saw the moon rise clear O'er hills and vales of snow, Nor told my fleet reindeer The track I wish'd to go. Yet quick he bounded forth, For well my reindeer knew, I've but one path, one path on earth, The path that leads to you! The gloom that winter cast How soon the heart forgets When summer brings, at last, Her sun that never sets! So dawn'd my love for you, So dawn'd my love for you, So fix'd through joy and pain, Than summer sun more true, 'Twill never set again.
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Text Authorship:
- by Thomas Moore (1779 - 1852), "I saw the moon rise clear", from The Works of Thomas Moore, Esq., Vol. IV, first published 1819 [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 Dora Estella Bright (1863 - 1951), "Finland Love Song", published 1889 [ voice and piano ], from Twelve Songs [sung text not yet checked]
- by Adolph Martin Foerster (1854 - 1927), "Finland Love Song", op. 70 no. 2, published 1910 [ voice and piano ], from A Wreath of Songs, no. 2 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Charles Beach Hawley (1858 - 1915), "Finland Love Song", published 1907 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by John W. Slatter , "I saw the moon rise clear", published 1884 [ tenor or baritone and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Maude Valérie White (1855 - 1937), "A Finland love song", published 1886 [ voice and piano ], London, Hutchings and Romer [sung text not yet checked]
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This text was added to the website: 2004-02-10
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Word count: 94