by William Butler Yeats (1865 - 1939)
A star lit or a moon
Language: English
A starlit or a moonlit dome disdains All that man is; All mere complexities, The fury and the mire of human veins.
Text Authorship:
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by John Hawkins (b. 1944), "A star lit or a moon", published 1967 [soprano (bamboo chimes and maracas), violin, cello, vibraphone, and celesta (sand blocks)], from Three Cavatinas, no. 2, Don Mills, Ontario, BMI Canada [text not verified]
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website: 2012-02-15
Line count: 4
Word count: 22