Evening
Language: English
The shadows furl their wings to rest, As, through the curtains of the west, The Evening cometh with a star, To light her from the world afar, And says, her grey eyes filled with dew, "Dear child, I have sweet dreams for you!"
Authorship:
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Margaret Ruthven Lang (1867 - 1972), "Evening ", op. 39 (Songs for Lovers of Children) no. 5 [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
Researcher for this page: Nich Roehler
This text was added to the website: 2012-05-19
Line count: 6
Word count: 43