by Richard Le Gallienne (1866 - 1947)
The moon is up at half‑past five
Language: English
The moon is up at half-past five, She frightens me among the pines ; The moon, and only half-past five ! With half the ruddy day alive -- So soon, so high, so cold, she shines, This daylight moon among the pines. The moon is walking in the wood, Her face is very white and strange ; The moon is coming through the wood. Her face half-hidden in her hood. Cold silver face whose hourly change Blanches her cheek more white, more strange. The moon beneath a pine-tree stands, Her weary face is full of dreams ; The moon by yonder pine-tree stands, She builds a palace with her hands, Pillars of silver, shafts and beams, -- She builds a palace for her dreams. The moon is sleeping in the trees. So early is she tired of heaven, The moon is dreaming in the trees, Her shepherd boy she sees ! she sees ! Asleep, and it is only seven ! O moon, that is so tired of heaven.
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Text Authorship:
- by Richard Le Gallienne (1866 - 1947), "October Moonlight", appears in New Poems, first published 1910 [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 Walter Morse Rummel (1887 - 1953), "Moonlight", published <<1940. [text not verified]
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This text was added to the website: 2011-02-14
Line count: 24
Word count: 160