Croon of the dew (Phelps, set by H. Gilbert) (The Lied and Art Song Texts Page: Texts and Translations to Lieder, mélodies, canzoni, and other classical vocal music)


 Born of the midnight cold,
 Wrapped in the scent of mold,
 Lie we on bed of moss
 Moonlight faintly across.
 Day-dawn bringeth unrest,
 Twitter of bird in nest,
 Jubilant warmth in the air
 Allures by a golden stair.
 Up through the fragrance of pine
 Dazzles the blue like wine,
 Earth-mother's weavings begun,
 A film for the noon-day sun.
 Earth-mother's tissuey veil,
 Sport of the rollicking gale,
 Ravels all into the sky,
 Melts beyond reach of eye,
 Cooleth the afternoon 
 To emerald evening swoon.
 Soft is the bed of moss,
 Moonlight faintly across.

Authorship

George Turner Phelps

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

Henry Franklin Belknap Gilbert (1868-1928)

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