by Seumas O'Sullivan (1879 - 1958)
The dustman
Language: English
At night when everyone's asleep It must be very late! I creep Softly down the darkened stairs To the big room where we have prayers, And, standing at the window, I watch the Dustman going by. Perched up on his high seat he looks Like charioteers in those old books, And his long coat, when the lights are dim, Makes funny shadows all over him.
Text Authorship:
- by Seumas O'Sullivan (1879 - 1958), "The dustman", appears in The Rosses and Other Poems, first published 1918 [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 John Moeran (1894 - 1950), "The dustman", subtitle: "Child's fancy", R. 85 no. 4 (1944), published 1946 [high voice or medium voice and piano], from Six Poems by Seumas O'Sullivan, no. 4. [text verified 1 time]
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This text was added to the website: 2009-06-13
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