by Alfred Tennyson, Lord (1809 - 1892)
Peace, come away Matches original text
Language: English
Peace; come away: the song of woe Is after all an earthly song: Peace; come away: we do him wrong To sing so wildly: let us go. Come; let us go: your cheeks are pale; But half my life I leave behind: Methinks my friend is richly shrined; But I shall pass; my work will fail. Yet in these ears, till hearing dies, One set slow bell will seem to toll The passing of the sweetest soul That ever look'd with human eyes. I hear it now, and o'er and o'er, Eternal greetings to the dead; And "Ave, Ave, Ave," said, "Adieu, adieu" for evermore.
Composition:
- Set to music by Jonathan Dove (b. 1959), "Peace, come away", 2017 [ tenor and piano ], from Under Alter'd Skies, no. 6, confirmed with a concert programme booklet
Text Authorship:
- by Alfred Tennyson, Lord (1809 - 1892), no title, written 1849, appears in In Memoriam A. H. H. obiit MDCCCXXXIII, no. 57, first published 1850
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This text was added to the website: 2009-01-12
Line count: 16
Word count: 105