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by Mary Coleridge (1861 - 1907)

Guy's Cliffe at night
Language: English 
Heavily plumed the stately elm-tree hung,
The sentinel fir stood straight.
A star went in and out the boughs among.
On the live air of evening there was flung
The scent of the tall lily, white and great,
The garden's altar candle, shining late!
Far far away I heard a distant bell,
Faint -- and again more loud -- 
The waters of the dim weir rose and fell.
All other things were silent. Who can tell
The murmur of the wind that fell and rose?
And whence he came -- whither he went -- who knows?

Text Authorship:

  • by Mary Coleridge (1861 - 1907), "Guy's Cliffe at night", appears in Poems, no. 143, first published 1907 [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 Cyril Bradley Rootham (1875 - 1938), "Guy's Cliffe at night", published 1935. [SA chorus and piano] [
     text not verified 
    ]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2009-02-04
Line count: 12
Word count: 92

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