by Alfred Tennyson, Lord (1809 - 1892)
The Sisters See original
Language: English
... EVELYN. O diviner Air, Thro' the heat, the drowth, the dust, the glare, Far from out the west in shadowing showers, Over all the meadow baked 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, Thro' the cloud that roofs our noon with night, Thro' the blotting mist, the blinding showers, Far from out a sky for ever bright, Over all the woodland's flooded bowers, Over all the meadow's drowning flowers, Over all this ruin'd world of ours, Break, diviner light!
Composition:
- Set to music by Arthur Sullivan, Sir (1842 - 1900), "The Sisters", published 1881, first performed 17, stanzas 2,4 [ 2 sopranos and piano ]
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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