Between the dark and the daylight

 Between the dark and the daylight,
 When the night is beginning to lower,
 Comes a pause in the days occupations,
 That is known as Children's Hour.

 I hear in the chamber above me
 the patter of little feet
 The sound of a door that is opened
 and voices soft and sweet.

 From my study I see in the lamplight
 Descending the broad hall stair,
 Grave Alice and laughing Allegra
 and Edith with golden hair.

by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807-1882) , from Tales of a Wayside Inn, published 1863

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

by George Benjamin Allen (1822-1897) , "The children's hour"
by John Blockley (1800-1882) , "The children's hour"
by Arthur Cottam , "The children's hour"
by Arthur R. Gaul , "The childrens' hour" [partsong: SATB, piano]
by Charles Edward Ives (1874-1954) , "The children's hour", 1901.
by Ulysses Simpson Kay (1917-1995) , "The children's hour", published 1954 [TTBB chorus a cappella], from Triumvirate, no. ?
by J. Gaspar Maeder , "The children's hour", published 1860.
by Mirana (Mrs. William Edward Newton) (fl. 1870) , "The children's hour"
by Langton Williams , "The children's hour"

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