by Alfred Tennyson, Lord (1809 - 1892)
Thy voice is on the rolling air Matches original text
Language: English
Thy voice is on the rolling air;
I hear thee where the waters run;
Thou standest in the rising sun,
And in the setting thou art fair.
What art thou then? I cannot guess;
But tho' I seem in star and flower
To feel thee some diffusive power,
I do not therefore love thee less:
My love involves the love before;
My love is vaster passion now;
Tho' mix'd with God and Nature thou,
I seem to love thee more and more.
Far off thou art, but ever nigh;
I have thee still, and I rejoice;
I prosper, circled with thy voice;
I shall not lose thee tho' I die.
Composition:
- Set to music by Jonathan Dove (b. 1959), "Thy voice is on the rolling air", 2017 [ tenor and piano ], from Under Alter'd Skies, no. 7, confirmed with a concert programme booklet
Text Authorship:
- by Alfred Tennyson, Lord (1809 - 1892), no title, appears in In Memoriam A. H. H. obiit MDCCCXXXIII, no. 130
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This text was added to the website: 2018-12-07
Line count: 16
Word count: 111