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.
Songs in solitude
Song Cycle by (Robert) Norman Fulton (1909 - 1980)
?. 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"
Research team for this page: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Justin Miller [Guest Editor]
Total word count: 87
