by William Sharp (1855 - 1905)
Sunrise above broad wheatfields
Language: English
The pale tints of the twilight fields
Have turnèd into burnished gold,
For waves of yellow light have rolled
From the open'd east across the wealds
While 'mid the wheat spires far behind
Stirs lazily the awaken'd wind.
A skylark high (a song-made bird)
Sings as though God his singing heard.
Text Authorship:
- by William Sharp (1855 - 1905), "Sunrise above broad wheatfields", appears in Poems, first published 1912 [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 Fritz Bennicke Hart (1874 - 1949), "Sunrise above broad wheatfields", op. 67 (Twenty-Five Songs in Five Sets of Five Each: Set I) no. 2 (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: 51