Listen. With faint dry sound, Like steps of passing ghosts, The leaves, frost-crisp'd, break from the trees And fall.
Five songs , opus 15
by Ben Brian Weber (1916 - 1979)
1. November night [sung text not yet checked]
Language: English
Text Authorship:
- by Adelaide Crapsey (1878 - 1914), "November night", appears in Verse, first published 1915
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Note: Bottelier's setting begins with the title "November night" sung twice.2. Susanna and the Elders [sung text not yet checked]
Language: English
"Why do You thus devise Evil against her?" "For that She is beautiful, delicate; Therefore."
Text Authorship:
- by Adelaide Crapsey (1878 - 1914), "Susanna and the Elders"
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3. Triad [sung text not yet checked]
Language: English
These be three silent things: The falling snow . . . the hour Before the dawn . . . the mouth of one Just dead.
Text Authorship:
- by Adelaide Crapsey (1878 - 1914), "Triad", appears in Verse, first published 1915
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Note: Bottelier's setting begins with the title "Triad" sung twice.4. Niagara [sung text not yet checked]
Language: English
Seen on a Night in November How frail Above the bulk Of crashing water hangs, Autumnal, evanescent, wan, The moon.
Text Authorship:
- by Adelaide Crapsey (1878 - 1914), "Niagara", appears in Verse, first published 1915
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Note: Bottelier's setting begins with the title "Niagara" sung twice, followed by "Seen on a Night in November"5. The warning [sung text not yet checked]
Language: English
Just now, Out of the strange Still dusk . . . as strange, as still . . . A white moth flew . . . Why am I grown So cold?
Text Authorship:
- by Adelaide Crapsey (1878 - 1914), "The warning", appears in Verse, first published 1915
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Note: Bottelier's setting begins with the title "The warning"