by William Henry Davies (1871 - 1940)
Thy beauty haunts me heart and soul
Language: English
Thy beauty haunts me heart and soul, Oh, thou fair Moon, so close and bright; Thy beauty makes me like the child That cries aloud to own thy light: The little child that lifts each arm To press thee to her bosom warm. Though there are birds that sing this night With thy white beams across their throats, Let my deep silence speak for me More than for them their sweetest notes: Who worships thee till music fails, Is greater than thy nightingales.
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Text Authorship:
- by William Henry Davies (1871 - 1940), "The moon", appears in The Bird of Paradise and Other Poems, first published 1914 [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 Matthew Emery (b. 1991), "Thy beauty haunts me ", 2013 [ SATB chorus and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Roland Farley (1892 - 1932), "The moon", published <<1940 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Antony Garlick (b. 1927), "The moon", published 1967 [ 2-part chorus of equal voices a cappella ], from Eleven Canzonets [sung text not yet checked]
- by Antony Garlick (b. 1927), "The moon", published 1967 [ SSA chorus a cappella ], from Twelve Madrigals [sung text not yet checked]
- by Ivor (Bertie) Gurney (1890 - 1937), "The moon", 1922 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by John Theodore Livingston Raynor (1909 - 1970), "The Moon", op. 511 (1958) [sung text not yet checked]
- by Gardner Read (1913 - 2005), "The moon", op. 23 no. 4 (1934), published 1946 [ mezzo-soprano (or SSA chorus) and piano or orchestra ], from Four Nocturnes, no. 4 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Robert Yale Smith , "Thy beauty haunts me", published <<1940 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Francesco Ticciati , "The moon", published 1926 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by William (Southcombe) Lloyd Webber (1914 - 1982), "The moon", published 1960 [ SATB chorus a cappella ] [sung text not yet checked]
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This text was added to the website: 2009-01-15
Line count: 12
Word count: 83