In gold and grey, with fleering looks of sin, I watch them come; by two, by three, by four, Advancing slow, with loutings they begin Their woven measure, widening from the door; While music-men behind are straddling in With flutes to brisk their feet across the floor, -- And jangled dulcimers, and fiddles thin That taunt the twirling antic through once more. They pause, and hushed to whispers, steal away. With cunning glances; silent go their shoon On creakless stairs; but far away the dogs Bark at some lonely farm: and haply they Have clambered back into the dusky moon That sinks beyond the marshes loud with frogs.
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First published in Academy, April 1910Text Authorship:
- by Siegfried Lorraine Sassoon (1886 - 1967), "Goblin revel" [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 Howard Morgan (b. 1945), "Goblin revel", published 1968 [ soprano or tenor and piano ], from Five Lyric Poems [sung text not yet checked]
- by Dennis Wickens (b. 1926), "Goblin revel" [ tenor and orchestra ], from Five Songs for Tenor and Orchestra [sung text not yet checked]
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This text was added to the website: 2008-10-19
Line count: 14
Word count: 107