by Carl Sandburg (1878 - 1967)
Under the harvest moon
Language: English
Under the harvest moon, When the soft silver Drips shimmering Over the garden nights, Death, the gray mocker, Comes and whispers to you As a beautiful friend Who remembers. Under the summer roses When the flagrant crimson Lurks in the dusk Of the wild red leaves, Love, with little hands, Comes and touches you With a thousand memories, And asks you Beautiful, unanswerable questions.
Text Authorship:
- by Carl Sandburg (1878 - 1967), "Under the harvest moon", appears in Chicago Poems, first published 1916 [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 Gary Bachlund (b. 1947), "Under the harvest moon", 2010 [ low voice or medium voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Juliana Hall (b. 1958), "Under the harvest moon" [ soprano and piano ], from When the south wind sings -- 7 Songs for Soprano and Piano on Poems by Carl Sandburg, no. 5 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Charles Naginski (1909 - 1940), "Under the harvest moon", published 1940 [ high voice or medium voice and piano ], from Four songs [sung text checked 1 time]
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website: 2008-06-17
Line count: 17
Word count: 64