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by Alfred Tennyson, Lord (1809 - 1892)

De Profundis
Language: English 
Out of the deep, my child, out of the deep,
From that great deep, before our world begins,
Whereon the Spirit of God moves as he will—
Out of the deep, my child, out of the deep,
From that true world within the world we see,
Whereof our world is but the bounding shore—
Out of the deep, Spirit, out of the deep,
With this ninth moon, that sends the hidden sun
Down yon dark sea, thou comest, darling boy.

Text Authorship:

  • by Alfred Tennyson, Lord (1809 - 1892), "De Profundis" [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 Katherine Pukinskis (b. 1986), "De Profundis", 2013, first performed 2014 [ tenor and harp ] [sung text not yet checked]

Researcher for this page: Joost van der Linden [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website: 2025-09-18
Line count: 9
Word count: 80

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