Cloud-Shadows - James H Rogers, 1912 by Ruth Carlyle published on 2022-01-14T20:24:55Z James H Rogers’ lyrical setting of Katharine Pyle’s ‘Cloud-Shadows’ suggests the romance of a sunny afternoon looking up at the clouds, imagining where they might go and yearning to travel with them. Katharine Pyle was an artist and children’s writer, best known for ‘The Counterpane Fairy’. The wistful setting is sung here by Ruth Carlyle. ‘ I wish I could ride on the shadows of clouds That drift across the hill; Over the meadow and out of sight They sweep so smooth and still. Over the daisy field they passed, And not a daisy stirred; They moved like chariots grand and slow, But never a sound was heard. I wish I could ride on the shadows of clouds, Could ride til the journey done, I’d find myself at the end of the world, Where the earth and the sky are one.’ Genre Classical