by William Sharp (1855 - 1905)
An autumnal evening
Language: English
Deep black against the dying glow
The tall elms stand; the rooks are still;
No windbreath makes the faintest thrill
Amongst the leaves; the fields below
Are vague and dim in twilight shades --
Only the bats wheel in their raids
On the grey flies, and silently
Great dusky moths go flitting by.
Text Authorship:
- by William Sharp (1855 - 1905), "An autumnal evening", appears in Poems, first published 1912 [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 Fritz Bennicke Hart (1874 - 1949), "An autumnal evening", op. 68 (Twenty-Five Songs in Five Sets of Five Each: Set II) no. 4 (1926) [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
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This text was added to the website: 2008-08-17
Line count: 8
Word count: 52