by John Addington Symonds (1840 - 1893)
The singer
Language: English
He fills the world with his singing, High notes of the heavenly morn For ever and ever ringing As age after age is born. And then he is still, and we know not Whither his thoughts have fled ; Only the clear notes flow not, And we say, the singer is dead. But the nightingales that he cherished, They carol and cannot die ; Though the man whom we loved hath perished, His melody throbs for aye.
Authorship:
- by John Addington Symonds (1840 - 1893), "The singer", appears in New and Old, first published 1880 [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 Maurice Blower (1894 - 1982), "The singer", published 1964. [SSA chorus and piano] [text not verified]
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This text was added to the website: 2009-01-28
Line count: 12
Word count: 77