by Thomas Hardy (1840 - 1928)
Birds at Winter Nightfall
Language: English
Around the house the flakes fly faster, And all the berries now are gone From holly and cotoneaster Around the house. The flakes fly!--faster Shutting indoors that crumb-outcaster We used to see upon the lawn Around the house. The flakes fly faster, And all the berries now are gone!
Text Authorship:
- by Thomas Hardy (1840 - 1928), "Birds at Winter Nightfall", appears in Poems of the Past and Present, first published 1902 [author's text checked 1 time 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 Gerald Finzi (1901 - 1956), "Birds at Winter Nightfall", c1940, note: unfinished [text not verified]
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website: 2007-06-18
Line count: 8
Word count: 49