by Walter De la Mare (1873 - 1956)
Earth folk
Language: English
The cat she walks on padded claws, The wolf on the hills lays stealthy paws, Feathered birds in the rain-sweet sky At their ease in the air, flit low, flit high. The oak's blind, tender roots pierce deep, His green crest towers, dimmed in sleep, Under the stars whose thrones are set Where never prince hath journeyed yet.
Text Authorship:
- by Walter De la Mare (1873 - 1956), "Earth folk", appears in Peacock Pie: A Book of Rhymes, in 5. Beasts, no. 9, first published 1913 [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 R. G. H. Greene , "Earth folk", published <<1940, from Three Songs [sung text not yet checked]
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This text was added to the website: 2008-01-13
Line count: 8
Word count: 58