Seen on a Night in November

How frail
Above the bulk
Of crashing water hangs,
Autumnal, evanescent, wan,
The moon.

Note: Bottelier's setting begins with the title "Niagara" sung twice, followed by "Seen on a Night in November"

Text Authorship:

• by Adelaide Crapsey (1878 - 1914), "Niagara", appears in Verse, first published 1915 [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 Ina Bottelier (b. 1943), "Niagara" [ voice and accordion ], from Five Cinquains, no. 5 [sung text checked 1 time]
• by Ben Brian Weber (1916 - 1979), "Niagara", op. 15 (Five songs) no. 4 (1941) [sung text not yet checked]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2008-09-14
Line count: 6
Word count: 14