by James Macpherson (pretending to translate "Ossian") (1736 - 1796)
In the lonely vale of streams
Language: English
In the lonely vale of streams abides the narrow soul. Years roll on, seasons return, but he is still unknown. In a blast comes cloudy death and lays his gray head low. His ghost is in the vapour of the fenny field. Its course is never on hills, nor mossy vales of wind.
Authorship:
- by James Macpherson (pretending to translate "Ossian") (1736 - 1796), appears in Temora [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 Wall Callcott (1766 - 1821), "In the lonely vale of streams", subtitle: "Glee for four voices" [ vocal quartet ] [sung text checked 1 time]
Researcher for this page: Johann Winkler
This text was added to the website: 2020-04-08
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