Some say that gleams of a remoter world visit the soul in sleep— that death is slumber. Has some unknown omnipotence unfurled the veil of life and death? Far, far above, Mont Blanc appears.
Gleams of a remoter world
Set by Judith Bingham (b. 1952), "Gleams of a remoter world", 1997 [ chorus ] [Sung Text]
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- a text in English by Percy Bysshe Shelley (1792 - 1822), no title, appears in Mont Blanc: Lines Written in the Vale of Chamouni, no. 3
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Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]In the calm darkness of the moonless nights, the snows descend. Sonno e morte, schlaf und tod. (Sleep and death)
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