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by Freda Bax (d. 1928)

The song in the twilight
Language: English 
I have heard a music,
Strange and wild and tender,
Through the mystic splendour,
of the twilight stealing
Like the spell entracing of a magic potion
Slowly it enwound me,
Twirling, twining, dancing, 
In a mazy motion,
Whirling all around me
Thro' the deep'ning twilight
Aery voices calling
And dim shadows falling
Clustered all around me
But I heeded only 
That wild music burning 
With an infinite yearning
all the heart of me
And I wandered lonely 
Lonely, ah so lonely,
Down the pathway weeping
While the world lay sleeping
Dreaming at my feet.

Text Authorship:

  • by Freda Bax (d. 1928) [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 Arnold Edward Trevor Bax, Sir (1883 - 1953), "The song in the twilight", 1905, published 1907 [ voice and piano ], from Six Songs, no. 1 [sung text checked 1 time]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 22
Word count: 94

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