by Paul Laurence Dunbar (1872 - 1906)
Day
Language: English
The gray dawn on the mountain top Is slow to pass away. Still lays him by in sluggish dreams, The golden God of day. And then a light along the hills, Your laughter silvery gay; The Sun God wakes, a bluebird trills, You come and it is day.
Text Authorship:
- by Paul Laurence Dunbar (1872 - 1906), "Day", appears in Lyrics of Sunshine and Shadow, first published 1905 [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 Gary Bachlund (b. 1947), "Day", 2010 [ medium voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Henry Dixon Cowell (1897 - 1965), "Day", published 1950 [ TTBBB chorus, falsetto or boys' chorus ad libitum, a cappella ], from Day, Evening, Night, Morning, no. 1 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Adolphus Cunningham Hailstork (b. 1941), "Day", 1987 [ voice and piano ], from Five Dunbar Lyrics, no. 2 [sung text not yet checked]
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This text was added to the website: 2008-07-27
Line count: 8
Word count: 48