The herdsman

O herdsman, driving your slow twilight flock 
By darkening meadow and hedge and grassy rath, 
The trees stand shuddering as you pass by, 
The suddenly falling silence is your path. 
Over my heart the shadows too are creeping, 
But on my heart for ever they will lie. 
O happy meadow and trees and raths and hedges, 
The twilight and all its flock will pass you by.

by Seumas O'Sullivan (1879-1958) , "The herdsman", from The Twilight People, published 1905

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive)

by H. Grant Fletcher (1913-) , "The shadows", published 1942. [SATB chorus a cappella]
by Frederick May (1911-) , "The herdsman" [voice and piano]
by Ernest John Moeran (1894-1950) , "The herdsman", published 1946 [high or medium voice and piano], from Six Poems by Seumas O'Sullivan, no. 6.

Date added to the website: 2009-02-03.

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