Evening song

Look off, dear Love, across the sallow sands,
And mark yon meeting of the sun and sea,
How long they kiss in sight of all the lands.
Ah! longer, longer, we.

Now in the sea's red vintage melts the sun,
As Egypt's pearl dissolved in rosy wine,
And Cleopatra night drinks all. 'Tis done,
Love, lay thine hand in mine.

Come forth, sweet stars, and comfort heaven's heart;
Glimmer, ye waves, round else unlighted sands.
O night! divorce our sun and sky apart
Never our lips, our hands.

by Sidney Lanier (1842-1881) , "Evening song", from Poems of Sidney Lanier, published 1884

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

by Dudley Buck (1839-1909) , "Sunset", op. 76 (Five Songs) no. 4, published 1877. [contralto or baritone, piano]
by Mrs. Gladys Bumstead (1900-) , "Look off, Dear Love", published 1926. [high or medium voice, violin obligato]
by John Spencer Camp (1858-1946) , "Evening song", op. 15 no. 3, published 1903 [voice, piano], from Five Songs, no. 3
by Rosslyn L. Colan , "The good night kiss", published 1910. [voice, piano]
by Maurice B. De Packh (1896-1960) , "Evening song", published 1927. [voice, piano]
by Carl Fallberg (1886-1975) , "Evening Song", published 1917. [voice, piano]
by Eleanor Everest Freer (1864-1942) , "Evening song", op. 20 no. 3, published 1907. [voice, piano]
by Charles Tomlinson Griffes (1884-1920) , "Evening Song", A. 24 (1912 or earlier), published 1941. [high voice and piano]
by Henry Kimball Hadley (1871-1937) , "Evening Song", op. 53 (Three Songs) no. 3, published 1915 [high or medium voice, piano], from Three Songs, no. 3
by Philip Frederick Wright James (1890-1975) , "Evening song" [B-Bar, piano or orchestra], from A Sea Symphony, 2nd movement
by (Henry Louis) Reginald de Koven (1859-1920) , "A love song", published 1896.
by Edward E. Menges , "Evening Song", published 1937. [high or low voice, piano]
by James H. Rodgers , "Look off, Dear Love", published 1899.
by Grace W. Root , "A sunset song", published 1891.
by (George) Alexander Russell (1880-1953) , "Sunset", published 1910. [high or low voice, piano]

Date added to the website: 2004-02-11.

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