Dawn (Bottomley, set by F. Hart, E. Bainton) (The Lied and Art Song Texts Page: Texts and Translations to Lieder, mélodies, canzoni, and other classical vocal music)


A thrush is tapping a stone 
With a snail-shell in its beak ; 
A small bird hangs from a cherry 
Until the stem shall break. 
No waking song has begun, 
And yet birds chatter and hurry 
And throng in the elm's gloom 
Because an owl goes home.

Authorship

Gordon Bottomley (1874-1948)

Chambers of Imagery

Night and Morning Songs

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

Edgar Leslie Bainton (1880-1956)

Fritz Bennicke Hart (1874-1949)

Five songs

Date added to the website: 2009-01-18.

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