by William Butler Yeats (1865 - 1939)
Motionless under the moon‑beam
Language: English
Motionless under the moon-beam, Up to his feathers in the stream; Although fish leap, the white heron Shivers in a dumbfounded dream.
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Authorship:
- by William Butler Yeats (1865 - 1939), no title, appears in Calvary, first published 1921 [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 Raymond Warren (b. 1928), "The white heron", 1962. [SATB chorus a cappella] [text not verified]
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website: 2008-09-19
Line count: 4
Word count: 22