by Gordon Bottomley (1874 - 1948)
Dawn
Language: English
A thrush is tapping a stone With a snail-shell in its beak ; A small bird hangs from a cherry Until the stem shall break. No waking song has begun, And yet birds chatter and hurry And throng in the elm's gloom Because an owl goes home.
Text Authorship:
- by Gordon Bottomley (1874 - 1948), "Dawn", appears in Chambers of Imagery, in Night and Morning Songs, no. 9, first published 1912 [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 Edgar Leslie Bainton (1880 - 1956), "Dawn", published 1924 [ medium voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Fritz Bennicke Hart (1874 - 1949), "Dawn", op. 128 (Five songs) no. 4 (1938) [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website: 2009-01-18
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