by Hilda Conkling (1910 - 1986)
Evening
Language: English
Now it is dusky, And the hermit thrush and the black and white warbler Are singing and answering together. There is a sweetness in the tree, And fireflies are counting the leaves. I like this country, I like the way it has, But I cannot forget my dream I had of the sea, The gulls swinging and calling, And the foamy towers of the waves.
Confirmed with Hilda Conkling, Poems by a Little Girl, Project Gutenberg.
Text Authorship:
- by Hilda Conkling (1910 - 1986), "Evening", appears in Poems by a Little Girl [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 Joshua Shank (b. 1980), "Evening", first performed 2005 [ ssaa chorus and piano ], from Three Nightsongs, no. 1 [sung text checked 1 time]
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