The shadowy woodlands

Above the shadowy woodlands 
I hear the voice of the cuckoo, 
sailing like a silver skiff 
upon the moonflood. 
I hear the far-off plaint of the cuckoo 
sink deep through the moonshine 
above the shadowy woodlands. 
At last, in the dense shadow of the wood, 
the moonlight sleeps.

by Fiona Macleod (1885-1905) [pseudonym] , "The shadowy woodlands", from From the Hills of Dream, in The Silence of Amor, published 1896

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

by Sir Granville Ransome Bantock (1868-1946) , "The shadowy woodlands", 1921 [voice and piano], from Celtic Songs, no. 2.
by John Herbert Foulds (1880-1939) , "The shadowy woodlands", published 1921 [voice and piano], from Mood-Pictures, no. ?

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