The moon

Thy beauty haunts me heart and soul,
Oh, thou fair Moon, so close and bright;
Thy beauty makes me like the child
That cries aloud to own thy light:
The little child that lifts each arm
To press thee to her bosom warm.

Though there are birds that sing this night
With thy white beams across their throats,
Let my deep silence speak for me
More than for them their sweetest notes:
Who worships thee till music fails,
Is greater than thy nightingales.

by William Henry Davies (1871-1940) , "The moon", from The Bird of Paradise and Other Poems, published 1914

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

by Roland Farley (1892-1932) , "The moon", published <<1940.
by Antony Garlick (1927-) , "The moon", published 1967 [two-part chorus of equal voices a cappella], from Eleven Canzonets, no. ?
by Antony Garlick (1927-) , "The moon", published 1967 [SSA chorus a cappella], from Twelve Madrigals, no. ?
by Ivor Gurney (1890-1937) , "The moon" [voice and piano]
by Gardner Read (1913-) , "The moon", 1934, published 1946 [mezzo-soprano (or SSA chorus) and piano or orchestra], from Four Nocturnes, no. ?
by Robert Yale Smith , "Thy beauty haunts me", published <<1940.
by Francesco Ticciati , "The moon", published 1926. [voice and piano]
by William (Southcombe) Lloyd Webber (1914-1982) , "The moon", published 1960. [SATB chorus a cappella]

Date added to the website: 2009-01-15.

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