by James Stephens (1882 - 1950)
Portobello Bridge
Language: English
Silver stars shine peacefully, The Canal is silver, the Poplars bear with modest grace Gossamers of silver lace, And the turf bank wears with glee Black and silver filigree.
Confirmed with James Stephens, The Adventures of Seumas Beg; The Rocky Road to Dublin, London, MacMillan, 1915
Text Authorship:
- by James Stephens (1882 - 1950), "Portobello Bridge", appears in The Adventures of Seumas Beg [and] The Rocky Road to Dublin [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 Phyllis Campbell (1891 - 1974), "Portobello Bridge", copyright © 2018 [ voice and piano ], from Poems by James Stephens, no. 1 [sung text not yet checked]
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