by William Sharp (1855 - 1905), as Fiona Macleod
Across the silent stream
Language: English
Across the silent stream
Where the slumber-shadows go,
From the dim blue Hills of Dream
I have heard the west wind blow.
Who hath seen that fragrant land,
Who hath seen that unscanned west?
Only the listless hand
And the unpulsing breast.
But when the west wind blows
I see moon-lances gleam
Where the Host of Faerie flows
Athwart the Hills of Dream.
And a strange song I have heard
By a shadowy stream,
And the singing of a snow-white bird
On the Hills of Dream.
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Text Authorship:
- by William Sharp (1855 - 1905), as Fiona Macleod, "From the Hills of Dream", appears in From the Hills of Dream, first published 1896 [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 Creighton Allen (1900 - 1969), "From the Hills of Dream", published 1948 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Arnold Edward Trevor Bax, Sir (1883 - 1953), "From the Hills of Dream", 1907 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Henry Eichheim (1870 - 1942), "Across the silent stream", published <<1940 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Cecil Forsyth (1870 - 1941), "From the Hills of Dream", published <<1940 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Helen Hopekirk (1856 - 1945), "From the Hills of Dream", published <<1929 [ medium voice and piano ], from Six Poems by Fiona Macleod [sung text not yet checked]
- by Reginald Redman (1892 - 1972), "From the Hills of Dream", published 1948 [ tenor, SATB chorus, timpani and strings ] [sung text not yet checked]
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This text was added to the website: 2008-08-18
Line count: 16
Word count: 86