The poplars (O'Sullivan, set by E. Moeran) (The Lied and Art Song Texts Page: Texts and Translations to Lieder, mélodies, canzoni, and other classical vocal music)


As I went dreaming
By the grey poplar trees,
They bent down and whispered
Words like these:

“In a far country
There is a lonely glen,
Hushed with the footfall
Of shadowy men.

Shadowy, and silent,
And grey amongst the trees
That have long forgotten
The sound of the breeze.

And one tall poplar
Grows in that land;
The chain of God’s silence,
Held in his hand.”

This I heard
As I went dreaming
By the grey poplars
In the purple evening.

Input by Iain Sneddon

Authorship

Seumas O'Sullivan (1879-1958)

The Twilight People

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

Ernest John Moeran (1894-1950)

Six Poems by Seumas O'Sullivan

Date added to the website: 2009-06-13.

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