by William Sharp (1855 - 1905), as Fiona Macleod
Evoë
Language: English
Oceanward, the sea-horses sweep magnificently, champing and whirling white foam about their green flanks, and tossing on high their manes of sunlit rainbow-gold, dazzling white and multitudinous far as sight can reach. O champing horses of my soul, toss, toss on high your sunlit manes, your manes of rainbow-gold, dazzling white and multitudinous: for I too rejoice, rejoice!
Text Authorship:
- by William Sharp (1855 - 1905), as Fiona Macleod, "Evoë!", appears in The Silence of Amor: Prose Rhythms, first published 1896 [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 Hubert Bath (1883 - 1945), "Evoë", <<1945 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by John Herbert Foulds (1880 - 1939), "Evoë", op. 51 no. 2 (1917), published 1925, first performed 1931 [ contralto and piano ], from Mood-Pictures, no. 2 [sung text not yet checked]
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This text was added to the website: 2008-08-18
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Word count: 58