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.
Text 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 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