On a poet's lips I slept
Language: English
On a poet's lips I slept
Dreaming like a love-adept
In the sound his breathing kept;
Nor seeks nor finds he mortal blisses,
But feeds on the aëreal kisses
Of shapes that haunt thought's wildernesses.
He will watch from dawn to gloom
The lake-reflected sun illume
The yellow bees in the ivy-bloom,
Nor heed nor see, what things they be;
But from these create he can
Forms more real than living man,
Nurslings of immortality!
Translation(s): CAT FRE
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Authorship
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive)
- by Creighton Allen (1900 - 1969), "The poet's world", published 1928. [medium voice or high voice, piano] [
text not verified ]
- by Sir Edward Cuthbert Bairstow (1874 - 1946), "On a poet's lips I slept", published 1929. [SSA chorus a cappella] [
text not verified ]
- by (William) Havergal Brian (1876 - 1972), "On a poet's lips I slept", 1919. [
text not verified ]
- by (Edward) Benjamin Britten (1913 - 1976), "On a poet's lips I slept", op. 60 no. 1, from Nocturne for tenor solo, seven obligato instruments and string orchestra, no. 1. [
text verified 1 time ]
- by Jean Coulthard (1908 - 2000), "On a poet's lips I slept", 1972/3, from Songs for Enchantment, no. 1. [
text not verified ]
Available translations, adaptations, and transliterations (if applicable): - FRE French (Français) (Jean-Pierre Granger)
- CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , title 1: "He dormit damunt els llavis d’un poeta", copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Text added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
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Word count: 75
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Sur les lèvres d'un poète, j'ai dormi
Language: French (Français) after the English
Sur les lèvres d'un poète, j'ai dormi,
Rêvant comme un disciple de l'amour
Dans le son que son souffle gardait ;
Ne cherchant ni ne trouvant des voluptées mortelles
Mais se nourissant des baisers aériens des figures
Qui hantent les contrées sauvages de la pensée.
Il contemplera de l'aube jusqu'aux ténèbres
Le reflet du soleil dans le lac illuminer
les abeilles dorées dans le lierre fleuri
Sans écouter ni voir ce que cela pourrait être ;
Mais il pourra en sculpter des formes
encore plus réelles qu'un être vivant,
Nourissons immortels !
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Text added to the website: 2010-10-07.
Last modified: 2014-06-16 10:04:03
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