by Christina Georgina Rossetti (1830 - 1894)
Is the moon tired? she looks so pale
Language: English
Is the moon tired? she looks so pale Within her misty veil: She scales the sky from east to west, And takes no rest. Before the coming of the night The moon shows papery white; Before the dawning of the day She fades away.
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Text Authorship:
- by Christina Georgina Rossetti (1830 - 1894), no title, appears in Sing-song: a nursery rhyme book, first published 1872 [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 Edward Thomas Chapman (b. 1902), "Is the moon tired?", published 1928 [ soprano, piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Alexander Campbell MacKenzie, Sir (1847 - 1935), "Is the moon tired? she looks so pale", published 1916 [ unison chorus and piano ], from Kookoorookoo and other songs [sung text not yet checked]
- by Ivan Phillip , "Is the moon tired?", published 1929 [ 2-part chorus of equal voices, piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Netty Simons (b. 1913), "Is the moon tired?", 1949 [ narrator, violin, viola, violoncello, contrabass, flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon ], from Set of Poems [sung text not yet checked]
- by Felix Gerald Swinstead (1880 - 1959), "Is the moon tired?", published 1907 [ voice and piano ], from Sing-Song Cycle [sung text not yet checked]
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This text was added to the website: 2006-01-27
Line count: 8
Word count: 44