frederick delius - the streamlet's slumber song lyrics

while beneath a cloudless sky
swallows over meadows fly
bees are droning lazy tunes
through the sultry noons
drowsily i flow along
murmuring my sleepy song
slower softer still it sighs
to a whisper dies

while among the new+mown grass
crickets cry ah soon alas
bee and brook will sing no more
summer will be o’er
drowsily i flow along
murmuring my sleepy song
slower softer still it sighs
to a whisper dies