by William Wordsworth (1770 - 1850)
Music On The Water
Language: English
Lutes and voices down th' enchanted woods Steal, and compose the oar-forgotten floods, While Evening's solemn bird melodious weeps, Heard, by star-spotted bays, beneath the steeps; Slow glides the sail along th' illumined shore, And steals into the shade the lazy oar. Soft bosoms breathe around contagious sighs And amourous music on the water dies.
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), "Music On The Water", 1973 [soprano or tenor, clarinet or bass clarinet, and piano], from To be sung upon the water, no. 3. [ 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: 8
Word count: 55