by Mona Modini ( flourished 1927 )
Crescent Moon
Language: English
The crescent moon goes drifting by, The while I mark its languid flight Thro' lucid avenues of light Down the dim lanes of night. Nirvana's strange bazaars are past, Yet on and ever on she gleams; The moon a pale palanquin is, Bearing my vagrant dreams.
Authorship:
- by Mona Modini ( flourished 1927 ) [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 Ernest Charles (1895 - 1984), "Crescent Moon", published 1939 [ voice and piano ], New York: G. Schirmer [sung text checked 1 time]
Researcher for this page: Garrett Medlock [Guest Editor]
This text was added to the website: 2019-11-18
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