by Alfred Tennyson, Lord (1809 - 1892)
Peace; come away: the song of woe
Language: English
Peace; come away: the song of woe Is after all an earthly song: Peace; come away: we do him wrong To sing so wildly: let us go. Come; let us go: your cheeks are pale; But half my life I leave behind: Methinks my friend is richly shrined; But I shall pass; my work will fail. Yet in these ears, till hearing dies, One set slow bell will seem to toll The passing of the sweetest soul That ever look'd with human eyes. I hear it now, and o'er and o'er, Eternal greetings to the dead; And "Ave, Ave, Ave," said, "Adieu, adieu" for evermore.
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Authorship:
- by Alfred Tennyson, Lord (1809 - 1892), no title, written 1849, appears in In Memoriam A. H. H. obiit MDCCCXXXIII, no. 57, first published 1850 [author's text checked 1 time 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 Jonathan Dove (b. 1959), "Peace, come away", 2017 [ tenor and piano ], from Under Alter'd Skies, no. 6, confirmed with a concert programme booklet [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Matthew Emery (b. 1991), "Peace, come away", 2011-12, first performed 2012 [ soprano and piano ], from Three Songs of Mourning, no. 3, premiered March 2012 (Part of the Vancouver International Song Institute 2012) [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Charles Villiers Stanford, Sir (1852 - 1924), "Peace; come away", published 1892 [ SATB chorus a cappella ] [sung text not yet checked]
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This text was added to the website: 2009-01-12
Line count: 16
Word count: 106