When the dew is falling | When the dew is falling

by William Sharp (1855 - 1905), as Fiona Macleod

When the dew is falling

Language: English

When the dew is falling
I have heard a calling
Of aerial sweet voices o'er the low green hill;

And when the moon is dying
I have heard a crying
Where the brown burn slippeth thro' the hollows green and still.

And O the sorrow upon me,
The grey grief upon me,
For a voice that whispered once, and now for aye is still:

O heart forsaken, calling
When the dew is falling,
To the one that comes not ever o'er the low green hill.

Text Authorship:

by William Sharp (1855 - 1905), as Fiona Macleod, "When the dew is falling", 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 Henry Eichheim (1870 - 1942), "When the dew is falling", published <<1940 [sung text not yet checked]
by Fritz Bennicke Hart (1874 - 1949), "When the dew is falling", op. 73 (Six Sets of Five Songs Each for Voice and Pianoforte, Set II) no. 2 (1927) [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
by Helen Hopekirk (1856 - 1945), "When the dew is falling", published <<1929 [ medium voice and piano ], from Six Poems by Fiona Macleod [sung text not yet checked]
by Herbert Norman Howells (1892 - 1983), "When the dew is falling" [sung text checked 1 time]
by William Spencer Johnson (1883 - ?), "When the dew is falling", published <<1940 [sung text not yet checked]
by David Moule-Evans (b. 1905), "When the dew is falling", published c1946 [ soprano and piano ], from Two Celtic Songs [sung text not yet checked]
by Edwin Schneider , "When the dew is falling", published <<1940 [sung text not yet checked]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2008-08-18
Line count: 12
Word count: 85