by Alfred Tennyson, Lord (1809 - 1892)
I hate the dreadful hollow See original
Language: English
1.
I hate the dreadful hollow behind the little wood,
Its lips in the field above are dabbled with blood-red heath,
The red-ribb'd ledges drip with a silent horror of blood,
And Echo there, whatever is ask'd her, answers 'Death.'
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Composition:
- Set to music by Arthur Somervell, Sir (1863 - 1937), "I hate the dreadful hollow", published 1898, stanza 1 [ voice and piano ], from Cycle of Songs from Tennyson's Maud, no. 1, London: Boosey & Hawkes
Text Authorship:
- by Alfred Tennyson, Lord (1809 - 1892), no title, appears in Maud, Part 1, no. 1
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