by Oscar Wilde (1854 - 1900)
Out of the mid‑wood's twilight
Language: English
Out of the mid-wood's twilight Into the meadow's dawn, Ivory limbed and brown-eyed, Flashes my Faun! He skips through the copses singing, And his shadow dances along, And I know not which I should follow, Shadow or song! O Hunter, snare me his shadow! O Nightingale, catch me his strain! Else moonstruck with music and madness I track him in vain!
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First published in Lady's Pictorial, Christmas Number 1889Authorship
- by Oscar Wilde (1854 - 1900), "In the forest" [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 Gary Bachlund (b. 1947), "In the forest", 2009 [baritone and piano] [ sung text checked 1 time]
- by Emma Lou Diemer (b. 1927), "Out of the mid-wood's twilight", 1984, published 1989 [SATB chorus and piano], from Three Poems by Oscar Wilde, no. 3, Carl Fischer [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
- by Isadore Freed (1900 - 1960), "In the forest", published <<1940 [voice and piano] [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
- by Francis George Scott (1880 - 1958), "Idyll", 1913 [high voice and piano] [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
- by Edwin Tilden , "In the forest", published 1891 [voice and piano] [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
- by Chee Yean Wong (b. 1979), "In the Forest" [voice and piano], from Five Songs, no. 1 [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
- by Melvin Wyble , "In the forest", published <<1940 [voice and piano] [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website: 2008-09-18
Line count: 12
Word count: 61