by Alfred Edward Housman (1859 - 1936)
The fairies break their dances
Language: English
The fairies break their dances And leave the printed lawn, And up from India glances The silver sail of dawn. The candles burn their sockets, The blinds let through the day, The young man feels his pockets And wonders what's to pay.
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Text Authorship:
- by Alfred Edward Housman (1859 - 1936), no title, appears in Last Poems, no. 21, first published 1922 [author's text checked 2 times 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 John Ramsden Williamson (1929 - 2015), "The fairies break their dances" [baritone and piano] [text not verified]
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This text was added to the website: 2008-12-13
Line count: 8
Word count: 42