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 1889Text Authorship:
- 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 Marion Eugénie Bauer (1882 - 1955), "My Faun", 1919 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- 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]
- by Michael Easton (1954 - 2004), "In the Forest", 1987 [ voice and piano ], from Wilde Thoughts. A Song-Cycle to Poems of Oscar Wilde [sung text not yet checked]
- by Isadore Freed (1900 - 1960), "In the Forest", 1927 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Michael Linton , "In the Forest", 2016-2017 [ bass-baritone and piano ], from Wilde songs, no. 2 [sung text not yet checked]
- by David Sydney Morgan (b. 1932), "In the Forest", 1999 [ voice and piano ], from Canti sacri e profane, mixed chorus and brass [sung text not yet checked]
- by Francis George Scott (1880 - 1958), "Idyll", 1913 [ high voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Edwin Tilden (1823 - 1901), "In the Forest", published 1891 [ voice and piano ], Miles and Thompson, Boston [sung text not yet checked]
- by Chee Yean Wong (b. 1979), "In the Forest" [ voice and piano ], from Five Songs, no. 1 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Melvin Wyble , "In the Forest", 1939 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website: 2008-09-18
Line count: 12
Word count: 61