by William Wordsworth (1770 - 1850)
Fair Is The Swan
Language: English
Fair is the Swan, whose majesty, prevailing O'er breezeless water, on Locarno's Lake, Bears him on while proudly sailing He leaves behind a moon-illuminated wake: - Behold! -- as with a gushing impulse heaves That downy prow, and softly cleaves The mirror of the crystal flood, Vanish inverted hill, and shadowy wood, And pendent rocks, where'er in gliding state, Winds the mute Creature without visible Mate Or Rival, save the Queen of night Showering down a silver light, From heaven, upon her chosen Favourite!
Authorship:
- by William Wordsworth (1770 - 1850) [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Dominick Argento (1927 - 2019), "Fair Is The Swan", 1973 [soprano or tenor, clarinet or bass clarinet, and piano], from To be sung upon the water, no. 4. [ sung text checked 1 time]
Researcher for this page: Ton van der Steenhoven
This text was added to the website: 2009-12-20
Line count: 13
Word count: 83