by John Keats (1795 - 1821)
Language: English
Our translations: GER
Asleep! O sleep a little while, white pearl! And let me kneel, and let me pray to thee, And let me call Heaven's blessing on thine eyes, And let me breathe into the happy air That doth enfold and touch thee all about, Vows of my slavery, my giving up, My sudden adoration, my great love!
Composition:
- Set to music by Frank Bridge (1879 - 1941), "Adoration", alternate title: "Asleep!", 1905, published 1918, rev. 1918 [ voice and piano or orchestra ], note: "Adoration" is the 1918 title
Text Authorship:
- by John Keats (1795 - 1821), "Asleep! O sleep a little while, white pearl!", appears in Life, Letters, and Literary Remains, of John Keats, in Extracts from an Opera, first published 1848
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Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- GER German (Deutsch) (Sharon Krebs) , copyright © 2013, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Researcher for this page: Ted Perry
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 7
Word count: 56