Moonshine calling faint light from seadeeps unknown, Burns bright in the blossoming spray of the foam. Soft winds, myrtle-scented, roam from clear stars Far-flung in the dome of exquisite blue. There stirs in the moon-silvered spears of the firs faint sea murmur. Soft-breathing, the song of the water, weaving spells of sweet silence, Fills the blue space 'twixt the sea and the hills.
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Text Authorship:
- by Margery Georgina Agrell, née Hitchcock (1890 - 1967) [author's text not yet checked 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 Cecil Armstrong Gibbs (1889 - 1960), "Summer Night", 1921, published 1921 [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
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