ON EASTNOR KNOLL is a poem by John Masefield (1878-1967) set by English composer, Alan Coggins for High Vocal Solo, Oboe and Piano. Duration: 3:06

On Eastnor Knoll

Silent are the woods, and the dim green boughs are Hushed in the twilight: yonder, in the path through The apple orchard, is a tired plough-boy Calling the cows home.

A bright white star blinks, the pale moon rounds, but Still the red, lurid wreckage of the sunset Smoulders in smoky fire, and burns on

The misty hill-tops.

Ghostly it grows, and darker, the burning Fades into smoke, and now the gusty oaks are A silent army of phantoms thronging

A land of shadows.

— John Masefield (1878-1967)

English poet, novelist, dramatist