by Samuel Ferguson, Sir (1810 - 1886)
The lark in the clear air
Language: English
Available translation(s): GER
Dear thoughts are in my mind, and my soul soars enchanted As I hear the sweet lark sing in the clear air of the day For a tender beaming smile to my hope has been granted, And tomorrow she shall hear all my fond heart would say. I shall tell her all my love, all my soul's adoration, And I think she will [hear]1 and will not say me nay. It is this that gives my soul all its joyous elation, As I hear the sweet lark sing in the clear air of the day.
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1 Fleming: "hear me"
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1 Fleming: "hear me"
Authorship:
- by Samuel Ferguson, Sir (1810 - 1886) [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 Robert James Berkeley Fleming (1921 - 1976), "The lark in the clear air" [duet with piano], from Three duets, no. 1. [text verified 1 time]
- by Phyllis Margaret Duncan Tate (1911 - 1987), "The lark in the clear air", published 1960, melody after a traditional Irish air [text verified 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations, and transliterations (if applicable):
- GER German (Deutsch) (Bertram Kottmann) , title 1: "Die Lerche in der klaren Luft", copyright © 2013, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Researcher for this page: Ted Perry
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
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Word count: 95