The dark hills

Dark hills at evening in the west,
Where sunset hovers like a sound
Of golden horns that sang to rest
Old bones of warriors under ground,
Far now from all the bannered ways
Where flash the legions of the sun,
You fade--as if the last of days
Were fading, and all wars were done.

by Edwin Arlington Robinson (1869-1935) , "The dark hills", from The Three Taverns, published 1920

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

by Samuel Hans Adler (1928-) , "The dark hills", published 1968 [SSAA chorus and piano], from In Nature's Ebb and Flow
by Leslie R. Bassett (1923-) , "The dark hills", 1957 [high voice and piano], from Four Songs, no. ?
by Keith Warren Bissell (1912-) , "The dark hills", published 1958. [SATB chorus a cappella]
by Wilson Coker (1928-) , "The dark hills", published 1966. [SATB chorus and piano]
by Paul Amadeus Pisk (1893-) , "The dark hills", published 1946. [SSA chorus a cappella]
by John Russell , "The dark hills" [SATB a cappella]
by Louise Souther , "The dark hills", published 1937. [voice and piano]
by Ralph R. Travis , "The dark hills", published 1936. [voice and piano]
by Wintter Watts (1884-1962) , "The dark hills", published 1924 [low voice and piano], from Three Songs for Low Voice, no. ?

GER German (Walter A. Aue)

Date added to the website: 2008-06-01.

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