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by Alfred Tennyson, Lord (1809 - 1892)

Go not, happy day
 (Sung text for setting by F. Liszt)
 See original
Language: English 
Go not, happy day,
  From the shining fields,
Go not, happy day.
  Till the maiden yields.
Rosy is the West,
  Rosy is the South,
Roses are her cheeks,
  And a rose her mouth.
When the happy Yes
  Falters from her lips,
Pass and blush the news
  Over glowing ships.
Over blowing seas,
  Over seas at rest,
Pass the happy news,
  Blush it thro' the West;
Till the red man dance
  By his red cedar tree,
And the red man's babe
  Leap, beyond the sea.
Blush from West to East,
  Blush from East to West,
Till the West is East,
  Blush it thro' the West.
Rosy is the West,
  Rosy is the South,
Roses are her cheeks.
  And a rose her mouth.

Composition:

    Set to music by Franz (Ferenc) Liszt (1811 - 1886), "Go not, happy day", S. 335 (1879), published 1880 [ voice and piano ], also set in German (Deutsch)

Text Authorship:

  • by Alfred Tennyson, Lord (1809 - 1892), appears in Maud, Part 1, no. 17

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Researcher for this page: Ted Perry

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 28
Word count: 125

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