by Paul Laurence Dunbar (1872 - 1906)
Evening
Language: English
The moon begins her stately ride Across the summer sky; The happy wavelets lash the shore, -- The tide is rising high. Beneath some friendly blade of grass The lazy beetle cowers; The coffers of the air are filled With offerings from the flowers. And slowly buzzing o'er my head A swallow wings her flight; I hear the weary plowman sing As falls the restful night.
Text Authorship:
- by Paul Laurence Dunbar (1872 - 1906), "Evening", from The Complete Poems of Paul Laurence Dunbar, first published 1913 [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 Henry Dixon Cowell (1897 - 1965), "Evening", published 1950 [TTBBB chorus, falsetto or boys' chorus ad libitum, a cappella], from Day, Evening, Night, Morning, no. 2. [text not verified]
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website: 2008-07-27
Line count: 12
Word count: 65