- Year of composition: c. 1870-1880
- Work category: Voice and piano
- Text author: Euphrosyne [pen name of Julia Nyberg (1785-1854)]
- Duration: Approx. 1-5 min
- Location autograph: Musik- och teaterbiblioteket
- Possible call no. and autograph comment: Leonard Höijers arkiv [the Leonard Höijer archive]
Description of work
Adagio quasi Andante E-flat major 4/4 (C)
Work comment
According to an annotation on the autograph, this song was composed on reading of the death of Isabella in Bulwer's 'Den förskjutne' [referring to Edward Bulwer-Lytton's (1803-1873) novel 'The Disowned', published in 1829, and in Swedish in 1834]
Libretto/text
Skimrande barndom i grafvarna bo
hör vagga vi efter till djupaste ro
vid foglarnas sång,
vid stjernornas gång.
Slumra o sånger,
Sappho har nyss
gett dig deruppe sin himmelska kyss.
vid foglarnas sång,
vid stjernornas gång.