by Thomas Ernest Hulme (1883 - 1917)
Above the dock
Language: English
Above the quiet dock in midnight Tangled in the tall mast's corded height Hangs the moon. What seemed so far away Is but a child's balloon forgotten after play.
Text Authorship:
- by Thomas Ernest Hulme (1883 - 1917), "Above the dock" [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 Peter Racine Fricker (b. 1920), "Above the dock", 1977 [voice and piano], from Two Songs, no. 1. [text not verified]
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This text was added to the website: 2010-01-22
Line count: 4
Word count: 29