by William Sharp (1855 - 1905)
Shea‑oak trees on a stormy day
Language: English
O'er sandy tracts the shea-oak trees
Droop their long wavy grey-green trails:
And inland wandering moans and wails
The long blast of the ocean-breeze:
Like loose strings of a viol or harp
These answering sound -- now low, now sharp
And keen, a melancholy strain:
A death song o'er the mournful plain.
Text Authorship:
- by William Sharp (1855 - 1905), "Shea-oak trees on a stormy day", 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), "Shea-oak trees on a stormy day", op. 69 (Twenty-Five Songs in Five Sets of Five Each: Set III) no. 5 (1927) [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
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This text was added to the website: 2008-08-18
Line count: 8
Word count: 51