by Alfred Tennyson, Lord (1809 - 1892)
She came to the village church See original
Language: English
She came to the village church,
And sat by a pillar alone;
An angel watching an urn
Wept over her, carved in stone;
And once, but once, she lifted her eyes,
And suddenly, sweetly, strangely blush'd
To find they were met by my own.
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Composition:
- Set to music by Arthur Somervell, Sir (1863 - 1937), "She came to the village church", published 1898, lines 1-7 [ voice and piano ], from Cycle of Songs from Tennyson's Maud, no. 3, London: Boosey & Hawkes
Text Authorship:
- by Alfred Tennyson, Lord (1809 - 1892), no title, appears in Maud, Part 1, no. 8
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Line count: 13
Word count: 80