Dusk in June

Evening, and all the birds
      In a chorus of shimmering sound
Are easing their hearts of joy
      For miles around.

The air is blue and sweet,
      The few first stars are white,--
Oh let me like the birds
      Sing before night.

by Sara Teasdale (1884-1933) , "Dusk in June", from Rivers to the Sea, published 1915

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

by Amy Marcy Cheney Beach (1867-1944) , "Dusk in June", op. 82, published 1917. [SSAA chorus a cappella]
by Fay Foster (1886-1960) , "Dusk in June", published 1917. [voice and piano]

Date added to the website: 2008-06-04.

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