by Walter De la Mare (1873 - 1956)
Echo
Language: English
"Who called?" I said, and the words Through the whispering glades, Hither, thither, baffled the birds -- "Who called? Who called?" The leafy boughs on high Hissed in the sun; The dark air carried my cry Faintingly on: Eyes in the green, in the shade, In the motionless brake, Voices that said what I said, For mockery's sake: "Who cares?" I bawled through my tears; The wind fell low: In the silence, "Who cares? who cares?" Wailed to and fro.
Text Authorship:
- by Walter De la Mare (1873 - 1956), "Echo", from Poems, first published 1906 [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 Doreen Carwithen (1922 - 2003), "Echo" [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Dennis Wickens (b. 1926), "Echo" [ high voice and piano ], from The Everlasting Voices [sung text not yet checked]
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Word count: 79