by Freda Bax (d. 1928)
The song in the twilight
Language: English
I have heard a music, Strange and wild and tender, Through the mystic splendour, of the twilight stealing Like the spell entracing of a magic potion Slowly it enwound me, Twirling, twining, dancing, In a mazy motion, Whirling all around me Thro' the deep'ning twilight Aery voices calling And dim shadows falling Clustered all around me But I heeded only That wild music burning With an infinite yearning all the heart of me And I wandered lonely Lonely, ah so lonely, Down the pathway weeping While the world lay sleeping Dreaming at my feet.
Authorship:
- by Freda Bax (d. 1928) [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Arnold Edward Trevor Bax, Sir (1883 - 1953), "The song in the twilight", 1905, published 1907 [ voice and piano ], from Six Songs, no. 1 [sung text checked 1 time]
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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
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Word count: 94