by William Henry Davies (1871 - 1940)
Days too short
Language: English
When primroses are out in Spring, And small, blue violets come between; When merry birds sing on boughs green, And rills, as soon as born, must sing; When butterflies will make side-leaps, As though escaped from Nature's hand Ere perfect quite; and bees will stand Upon their heads in fragrant deeps; When small clouds are so silvery white Each seems a broken rimmèd moon -- When such things are, this world too soon, For me, doth wear the veil of Night.
Text Authorship:
- by William Henry Davies (1871 - 1940), "Days too short", appears in Songs of Joy and Others, first published 1911 [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 Gerald Finzi (1901 - 1956), "Days too short", 1925 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Antony Garlick (b. 1927), "Days too short", published 1967 [ SSA chorus a cappella ], from Twelve Madrigals [sung text not yet checked]
- by Raymond J. Parfrey (b. 1928), "Days too short" [ soprano and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
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This text was added to the website: 2009-01-14
Line count: 12
Word count: 80