O, night of dream and wonder; Almona's song (Bowles, set by (Harry Thacker Burleigh)) (The LiederNet Archive: Texts and Translations to Lieder, mélodies, canzoni, and other classical vocal music)

O, night of dream and wonder; Almona's...

Language: English

O night of dream and wonder,
The sun indeed is high;
My soul shall cast asunder
Love's last doubting sigh

My tent no more a prison,
All fear and waiting past;
Love's sun hath truly risen,
For Love hath come at last!

Authorship

by Frederick G. Bowles [author's text not yet checked 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 Harry Thacker Burleigh (1866 - 1949), "O, night of dream and wonder; Almona's song", 1905, published 1914 [ high voice and piano ], from Saracen Songs, no. 2 [sung text checked 1 time]

Researcher for this text: Garrett Medlock [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website: 2021-01-07
Line count: 8
Word count: 42