by William Sharp (1855 - 1905)
Black swans on the Murray Lagoons
Language: English
The long lagoons lie white and still
Beneath the great round Austral moon:
The sudden dawn will waken soon
With many a delicious thrill:
Between this death and life the cries,
Of black swans ring through silent skie --
And the long wash of the slow stream
Moves as in sleep some bodeful dream.
Text Authorship:
- by William Sharp (1855 - 1905), "Black swans on the Murray Lagoons", 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), "Black swans on the Murray Lagoons", op. 69 (Twenty-Five Songs in Five Sets of Five Each: Set III) no. 4 (1927) [ 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: 53