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.
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