by Walter De la Mare (1873 - 1956)
Hark! is that a horn I hear
Language: English
Hark! is that a horn I hear, In cloudland winding sweet -- And bell-like clash of bridle-rein, And silver-shod light feet? Is it the elfin laughter Of fairies riding faint and high, Beneath the branches of the moon, Straying through the starry sky? Is it in the globed dew Such sweet melodies may fall? Wood and valley -- all are still, Hushed the shepherd's call.
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Text Authorship:
- by Walter De la Mare (1873 - 1956), "The horn", appears in Songs of Childhood, first published 1902 [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 Arthur Butterworth (b. 1923), "Hark! is that a horn I hear", op. 49 [ contralto or tenor, recorder, and harpsichord ], from Ancient Sorceries [sung text not yet checked]
- by Cecil Armstrong Gibbs (1889 - 1960), "The horn", published 1951 [ mezzo-soprano or semichorus, SSA chorus, string orchestra, and piano ], from In a Dream's Beguiling, suite [sung text not yet checked]
- by Kathleen Richards , "The horn", published <<1958 [ 2-part chorus (and piano?) ] [sung text not yet checked]
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This text was added to the website: 2008-01-09
Line count: 12
Word count: 63