by William Sharp (1855 - 1905)
Fireflies
Language: English
Softly sailing emerald lights
Above the cornfields come and go,
Listlessly wandering to and fro
The magic of these July nights
Has surely even pierced down deep
Where the earth's jewels unharmed sleep,
And filled with fire the emeralds there
And raised them thus to the outer air.
Text Authorship:
- by William Sharp (1855 - 1905), "Fireflies", 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), "Fireflies", op. 67 (Twenty-Five Songs in Five Sets of Five Each: Set I) no. 4 (1926) [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
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This text was added to the website: 2008-08-18
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Word count: 48