by Mildred Howells (1872 - 1966)
Fog wraiths
Language: English
In from the ocean the whole fog creeps, Blotting out ship and rock and tree, While wrapped in its shroud, from the soundless deeps Back to the land come the lost at sea. Over the weeping grass they drift By well-known paths to their homes again, To finger the latch they may not lift And peer through the glistering windowpane. Then in the churchyard each seeks the stone To its mem’ry raised among the rest, And they watch by their empty graves alone Till the fog rolls back to the ocean’s breast.
Authorship:
- by Mildred Howells (1872 - 1966) [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 John Alden Carpenter (1876 - 1951), "Fog wraiths", published 1917 [voice and piano], from Four Songs for a Medium Voice, no. 4, New York, Boston : G. Schirmer [text verified 1 time]
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This text was added to the website: 2016-05-19
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Word count: 92