1956


Twilight

Composed by Ernst Bacon
Text by Sara Teasdale

Quiet Airs Song Collection


"Twilight" is the first song of Ernst Bacon's song cycle Quiet Airs. The song sets the poetry of Sara Teasdale.

Text

Twilight
by Sara Teasdale

The stately tragedy of dusk
Drew to its perfect close,
The virginal white evening star
Sank, and the red moon rose.

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