by Alfred Tennyson, Lord (1809 - 1892)
Break, diviner light! See original
Language: English
... EVELYN. O diviner Air, Thro' the heat, the drowth, the dust, the glare, Far from out the west in shadowing show'rs, Over all the meadow bak'd and bare, Making fresh and fair All the bowers and the flowers, Fainting flowers, faded bowers, Over all this weary world of ours, Breathe, diviner Air! ... EDITH. O diviner light, Through the cloud that roofs our noon with night, Through the blotting mist, the blinding showers, Far from out a sky for ever bright, Over all the woodland's flooded bow'rs, Over all the meadow's drowning flow'rs, Over all this ruin'd world of ours, Break, diviner light! ...
Composition:
- Set to music by Frances Allitsen (1848 - 1912), "Break, diviner light!", published 1899 [ vocal duet for soprano and alto with piano ], London: Boosey and Co.
Text Authorship:
- by Alfred Tennyson, Lord (1809 - 1892), "The sisters", written 1880
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This text was added to the website: 2012-04-17
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