by Richard Watson Dixon (1833 - 1900)
The feathers of the willow
Language: English
The feathers of the willow Are half of them grown yellow Above the swelling stream; And ragged are the bushes, And rusty now the rushes, And wild the clouded gleam, And wild the clouded gleam!
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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 Theodore Livingston Raynor (1909 - 1970), "The Feathers Of The Willow", op. 94 (1946) [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Jean Sibelius (1865 - 1957), "Autumn Song", from Three Songs for American Schools, no. 1 [sung text checked 1 time]
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Word count: 35