From dewy dreams, my soul, arise

From dewy dreams, my soul, arise,
    From love's deep slumber and from death, 
For lo! the treees are full of sighs
    Whose leaves the morn admonisheth.

Eastward the gradual dawn prevails
    Where softly-burning fires appear, 
Making to tremble all those veils
    Of grey and golden gossamer.

While sweetly, gently, secretly,
    The flowery bells of morn are stirred 
And the wise choirs of faery
    Begin (innumerous!) to be heard.

by James Joyce (1882-1941) , from Chamber Music, no. 15, published 1907

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

by Eugene MacDonald Bonner (1889-1983) , "From dewy dreams", published 1924.
by Gerard Victory (1921-) , "From dewy dreams, my soul, arise", 1954 [tenor, SATB chorus, and instruments], from Five Songs by James Joyce, no. ?

FRE French (Guy Laffaille)

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