Twilight

Dreamily over the roofs
The cold spring rain is falling;
Out in a lonely tree
A bird is calling, calling.

Softly over the earth
The wings of night are falling;
My heart, like the bird in the tree,
Is calling, calling, calling.

by Sara Teasdale (1884-1933) , "Twilight", from Helen of Troy and Other Poems, published 1911

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

by Ernst Bacon (1898-1990) , "Twilight"
by Harold Vincent Milligan (1888-1951) , "Twilight", published 1917 [voice, piano], from 5 Lyrics by Sara Teasdale
by Wintter Watts (1884-1962) , "Wings of Night", published 1917. [high voice, piano]

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