by Charles Kingsley (1819 - 1875)
The knight's return
Language: English
Hark! hark! hark! The lark sings high in the dark. The were wolves mutter, the night hawks moan, The raven croaks from the Raven-stone; What care I for his boding groan, Riding the moorland to come to mine own? Hark! hark! hark! The lark sings high in the dark. Hark! hark! hark! The lark sings high in the dark. Long have I wander'd by land and by sea, Long have I ridden by moorland and lea; Yonder she sits with my babe on her knee, Sits at the window and watches for me! Hark! hark! hark! The lark sings high in the dark.
First published anonymously as "Song" in Fraser's Magazine, February 1860; revised 1884
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Text Authorship:
- by Charles Kingsley (1819 - 1875), "The knight's return", written 1857 [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 Louis Edgar Johns (1886 - ?), "The knight's return", published 1921 [voice and piano], Boston: Schmidt [text not verified]
- by Donald Francis Tovey (1875 - 1940), "The knight's return", published 1905 [low voice and piano], from Six Songs, Set 1, London: Joseph Williams [text not verified]
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website: 2010-02-18
Line count: 16
Word count: 103