Fill me, O stars,
As with [an olden]1 tune,
Look thro' your cloudy bars,
O summer moon: 
Look thro', and drench in silver light
My soul this night.

O brief, enchanted dream
Of sea and sky,
Of ploughland, meadow, stream,
And twilight loth to doe,
Of fire and dew --
My soul is one with you!

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¹ Newman: "a golden"; further changes may exist not noted.

Text Authorship:

• by Joseph Campbell (1881 - 1944), as Seosamh MacCathmhaoil, "Night-piece", appears in The Mountainy Singer, first published 1909 [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 John Jeffreys (1927 - 2010), "Fill me O stars" [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
• by Roy Newman , "Fill me, O stars, with a golden tune", published <<1940 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]

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This text was added to the website: 2010-09-07
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Word count: 56