Night (Dunbar, set by H. Cowell) (The Lied and Art Song Texts Page: Texts and Translations to Lieder, mélodies, canzoni, and other classical vocal music)


Silence, and whirling worlds afar
  Through all encircling skies.
What floods come o'er the spirit's bar,
  What wondrous thoughts arise.

The earth, a mantle falls away,
  And, winged, we leave the sod;
Where shines in its eternal sway
  The majesty of God.

Authorship

Paul Laurence Dunbar (1872-1906)

Lyrics of Sunshine and Shadow

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

Henry Dixon Cowell (1897-1965)

Day, Evening, Night, Morning

Date added to the website: 2008-07-27.

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