by Carl Sandburg (1878 - 1967)
Between two hills
Language: English
Between two hills The old town stands. The houses loom And the roofs and trees And the dusk and the dark, The damp and the dew Are there. The prayers are said And the people rest For sleep is there And the touch of dreams Is over all.
Text Authorship:
- by Carl Sandburg (1878 - 1967), appears in Chicago Poems, first published 1916 [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 Gary Bachlund (b. 1947), "Between two hills", 2011 [ medium voice or low voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Juliana Hall (b. 1958), "Between two hills" [ soprano and piano ], from When the south wind sings -- 7 Songs for Soprano and Piano on Poems by Carl Sandburg, no. 7 [sung text checked 1 time]
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website: 2011-12-28
Line count: 12
Word count: 48