There is sweet music here that softer falls
Than petals from blown roses on the grass,
Or night-dews [on still waters between walls]1
Of shadowy granite, in a gleaming pass;
Music that gentlier on the spirit lies,
Than [tir'd]2 eyelids upon [tirèd]3 eyes;
Music that brings sweet sleep down from the blissful skies.
Here are cool mosses deep,
And thro' the moss the ivies creep,
And in the stream the long-leaved flowers weep,
And from the craggy ledge the poppy hangs in sleep.
Music that brings sweet sleep
Song Cycle by Richard Stoker (b. 1938)
?. There is sweet music here  [sung text not yet checked]
Language: English
Text Authorship:
- by Alfred Tennyson, Lord (1809 - 1892), appears in Poems, in The Lotos-Eaters, in Choric Song, no. 1, first published 1832
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View text without footnotes1 omitted by Owen.
2 Owen: "tired"
3 Owen: "tired"
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Total word count: 87