by Adelaide Crapsey (1878 - 1914)
More dim than waning moon
Language: English
More dim than waning moon Thy face, more faint Than is the falling wind Thy voice, yet do Thine eyes most strangely glow, Thou ghost ... thou ghost.
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Text Authorship:
- by Adelaide Crapsey (1878 - 1914) [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 Harrison Kerr (1897 - 1978), "Old love", from Six Songs for Voice and Piano to Poems by Adelaide Crapsey, no. 2 [sung text not yet checked]
- by John Charles Sacco (1905 - 1987), "More Dim than Waning Moon", published 1943 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Hugo Weisgall (1912 - 1997), "Old love", op. 1 no. 1, published 1940 [ soprano, piano ], from Four Songs, no. 1 [sung text checked 1 time]
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This text was added to the website: 2004-02-28
Line count: 6
Word count: 27