Meeting at Night

The gray sea and the long black land;
And the yellow half-moon large and low;
And the startled little waves that leap
In fiery ringlets from their sleep,
As I gain the cove with pushing prow,
And quench its speed i' the slushy sand.

Then a mile of warm sea-scented beach;
Three fields to cross till a farm appears;
A tap on the pane, the quick sharp scratch
And blue spurt of a lighted match,
And a voice less loud, through its joys and fears,
Than the two hearts beating each to each!

by Robert Browning (1812-1889) , "Meeting at Night", from Bells and Pomegranates, Volume VII, published 1845

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

by Nancy Armes , "Meeting at Night" [medium voice and piano]
by Robert Cohen , "Meeting at Night", op. 13, copyright © 1964. [soprano and piano]
by Norman Dello Joio (1913-) , "Meeting at Night", published 1954.
by Charles R. Fisher , "Meeting at Night", published 1904. [voice and piano]
by Donald R. Frederick , "Meeting at Night", published 1958. [SATB and piano]
by William Hawley (1950-) , "Meeting at Night", first performed 1995 [SSAATTBB], from Four Reveries, no. 4.
by C. H. Reed , "Meeting at Night" [voice and piano], from Twelve songs, no. ?
by Wilhelm Rettich (1892-1988) , "Meeting at Night", published 1974 [tenor or baritone and piano], from Two songs, no. ?
by Margaret Ryan , "Meeting at Night", published 1932 [high voice and piano], from Two songs, no. ?
by Francis Schwartz (1940-) , "Meeting at Night", 1960. [soprano and piano]
by Cecil Sharman , "Meeting at Night", published 1957. [mixed chorus a cappella]
by Sir Arthur Somervell (1863-1937) , "Meeting at Night", published 1923 [voice and piano], from A Broken Arc, no. ?
by George Waring Stebbins (1869-1930) , "Meeting", published 1909. [high voice and piano]
by Lesesne Van Antwerp (1948-) , "Meeting at Night", 1973, first performed 1974. [SATB a cappella]
by Grace White , "Meeting at Night", published 1917 [violin and piano], from Three Descriptions from Browning, no. ?
by Maurice C. Whitney (1909-) , "Meeting at Night", published 1960. [SATB and piano]
by John W. Worth , "Meeting at Night" [medium and piano], from Twelve Songs by Browning, no. ?

by Edwin Gerschefski (1909-) , "Meeting at night, parting at morning", op. 8 no. 2. [voice and piano] [see full setting text]

Date added to the website: 2005-01-24.

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