by William Sharp (1855 - 1905)
The Sun Lord
Language: English
Low laughing, blithely scorning -- Beware, beware, of flaming wings, Love hunts thee down the morning! His white feet dip i' the hillside springs, He mocks thy flying terror! The woodland with his laughter rings! He'll make thee his slave to follow, Nor shall he forgive thee, maid, thine error, Who spied thee hid in the hollow'. Too late, too late the warning! Behold the flash of flaming wings--- Love hath thee now i' the morning!
Text Authorship:
- by William Sharp (1855 - 1905), "The Sun Lord", 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), "The Sun Lord", op. 70 (Twenty-Five Songs in Five Sets of Five Each: Set IV) 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: 12
Word count: 75