Dream-song (Mare, set by D. Carty, C. Hely-Hutchinson, W. Miessner, A. Milner, H. Roberton, E. Stringham, W. Whittaker, C. Gibbs) (The Lied and Art Song Texts Page: Texts and Translations to Lieder, mélodies, canzoni, and other classical vocal music)


     Sunlight, moonlight,
     Twilight, starlight --
Gloaming at the close of day,
     And an owl calling,
     Cool dews falling
In a wood of oak and may.

     Lantern-light, taper-light,
     Torchlight, no-light:
Darkness at the shut of day,
     And lions roaring,
     Their wrath pouring
In wild waste places far away.

     Elf-light, bat-light,
     Touchwood-light and toad-light,
And the sea a shimmering gloom of grey,
     And a small face smiling
     In a dream's beguiling
In a world of wonders far away.

Authorship

Walter de la Mare (1873-1956)

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

Doreen G. Carty

Cecil Armstrong Gibbs (1889-1960)

Christian Victor Hely-Hutchinson (1901-1947)

William Otto Miessner (1880-1967)

Anthony Francis Dominic Milner (1925-)

Peacock Pie

Sir Hugh Stevenson Roberton (1874-1952)

Peacock Pie

Edwin John Stringham (1890-1974)

William Gillies Whittaker (1876-1944)

Date added to the website: 2008-01-11.

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