by William Ernest Henley (1849 - 1903)
Gulls in an aery morrice
Language: English
Gulls in an aery morrice Gleam and vanish and gleam . . . The full sea, sleepily basking, Dreams under skies of dream. Gulls in an aery morrice Circle and swoop and close . . . Fuller and ever fuller The rose of the morning blows. Gulls, in an aery morrice Frolicking, float and fade . . . O, the way of a bird in the sunshine, The way of a man with a maid!
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Text Authorship:
- by William Ernest Henley (1849 - 1903), appears in The Song of Swords and Other Verses, first published 1892 [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 Ivor (Bertie) Gurney (1890 - 1937), "Gulls in an aery morrice", 1908 [ voice and piano ], incomplete [sung text not yet checked]
- by Milton A. Rogers , "Gulls", published <<1940, from Five Songs [sung text not yet checked]
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This text was added to the website: 2008-01-19
Line count: 12
Word count: 75