by William Henry Davies (1871 - 1940)
A single star in the rosy sky
Language: English
A single star in the rosy sky:
The convent bell is ringing:
Hark ! the merry sea-nymphs cry,
The white spray lightly flinging:
See it hang on their locks,
As they dance o'er the rocks,
Singing so airily!
Hist! their music dies away
Into a low lullaby
Faintly floating o'er the sea:
Lullaby, sweet lullaby:
Come soft slumber dreamily:
Lulla, lulla, lullaby!
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Text Authorship:
- by William Henry Davies (1871 - 1940), no title, appears in Songs of a Wayfarer, no. 66, London: Longmans, Green and Co., page 69, first published 1869 [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 Mary Grant Carmichael (1851 - 1935), "A single star in the rosy sky", published 1887 [four-part chorus], London: Weekes & Co. [text not verified]
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This text was added to the website: 2013-04-22
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Word count: 61