by Thomas Hardy (1840 - 1928)
First sight of her and after
Language: English
A day is drawing to its fall I had not dreamed to see; The first of many to enthrall My spirit, will it be? Or is this eve the end of all Such new delight for me? I journey home: the pattern grows Of moonshades on the way: "Soon the first quarter, I suppose," Sky-glancing travellers say; I realize that it, for those, Has been a common day.
Text Authorship:
- by Thomas Hardy (1840 - 1928), "First sight of her and after", appears in Moments of Vision and Miscellaneous Verses, first published 1917 [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 Anthony Payne (b. 1936), "First sight of her and after", 1975 [ chorus ] [sung text not yet checked]
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This text was added to the website: 2011-05-02
Line count: 12
Word count: 68