by Paul Laurence Dunbar (1872 - 1906)
The mist has left the greening plain
Language: English
The mist has left the greening plain, The dew-drops shine like fairy rain, The coquette rose awakes again Her lovely self adorning. The Wind is hiding in the trees, A sighing, soothing, laughing tease, Until the rose says "Kiss me, please," 'Tis morning, 'tis morning. With staff in hand and careless-free, The wanderer fares right jauntily, For towns and houses are, thinks he, For scorning, for scorning. My soul is swift upon the wing, And in its deeps a song I bring; Come, Love, and we together sing, "'Tis morning, 'tis morning."
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Text Authorship:
- by Paul Laurence Dunbar (1872 - 1906), "Morning", from Lyrics of Sunshine and Shadow, first published 1905 [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 Amanda Ira Aldridge (1866 - 1956), as Montague Ring, "'Tis Morning", copyright © 1925 [ voice and piano ], London : Elkin & Co [sung text not yet checked]
- by Henry Dixon Cowell (1897 - 1965), "Morning", published 1950 [ TTBBB chorus, falsetto or boys' chorus ad libitum, a cappella ], from Day, Evening, Night, Morning, no. 4 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Adolphus Cunningham Hailstork (b. 1941), "Morning", 1987 [ voice and piano ], from Five Dunbar Lyrics, no. 1 [sung text not yet checked]
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This text was added to the website: 2008-07-27
Line count: 16
Word count: 92