by William Allingham (1824 - 1889)
Hear the call!
Language: English
Hear the call! Fays, be still! Noon is deep On vale and hill. Stir no sound The Forest round! Let all things hush That fly or creep, -- Tree and bush, Air and ground! Hear the call! Silence keep ! One and all Hush, and sleep !
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Authorship:
- by William Allingham (1824 - 1889), "The noon call", appears in Songs, Ballads and Stories, in Prince Brightkin, first published 1877 [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 Charles Villiers Stanford, Sir (1852 - 1924), "Fairy noon", published 1913 [soprano, SSAA chorus, and chamber orchestra], from Fairy Day, no. 2. [text not verified]
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website: 2009-01-19
Line count: 14
Word count: 46