by Alfred Tennyson, Lord (1809 - 1892)
Queen Mary's Song Matches base text
Language: English
Hapless doom of woman
happy in betrothing,
Beauty passes like a breath
and love is lost in loathing;
Low! my lute:
Speak low, but say the world is nothing.
Low! lute, low!
Love will hover round the flowers
when they first awaken;
Love will fly the fallen leaf,
and not be overtaken;
Low, my lute!
O low, my lute! we fade and are forsaken.
Low, dear lute, low!
Composition:
- Set to music by Edward Elgar, Sir (1857 - 1934), "Queen Mary's Song", 1892, published 1907, first performed 1897 [ voice and piano ], from Seven Lieder of Edward Elgar, no. 2, note: first published separately in 1892, also set in German (Deutsch)
Text Authorship:
- by Alfred Tennyson, Lord (1809 - 1892), no title, appears in Queen Mary, Act V, scene 2, first published 1875
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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 14
Word count: 68