by Percy Bysshe Shelley (1792 - 1822)
Darkness has dawned in the East
Language: English
Darkness has dawned in the East On the noon of time: The death-birds descend to their feast From the hungry clime. Let Freedom and Peace flee far To a sunnier strand, And follow Love's folding-star To the Evening land!
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Text Authorship:
- by Percy Bysshe Shelley (1792 - 1822), no title, appears in Hellas, lines 1023-1030 [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 Louise Bendixen , "Darkness has dawned in the East", published 1846. [text not verified]
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This text was added to the website: 2005-01-31
Line count: 8
Word count: 39