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by Alfred Tennyson, Lord (1809 - 1892)

There is sweet music
 (Sung text for setting by E. Elgar)
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Language: English 
  There is sweet music here that softer falls
    Than petals from blown roses on the grass,
  Or night-dews on still waters between walls
    Of shadowy granite, in a gleaming pass;
  Music that gentlier on the spirit lies,
    Than tir'd eyelids upon tirèd eyes;
Music that brings sweet sleep down from the blissful skies.
        Here are cool mosses deep,
        And thro' the moss the ivies creep,
  And in the stream the long-leaved flowers weep,
And from the craggy ledge the poppy hangs in sleep.

Composition:

    Set to music by Edward Elgar, Sir (1857 - 1934), "There is sweet music", op. 53 no. 1, published 1908 [ SSAATTBB chorus a cappella ]

Text Authorship:

  • by Alfred Tennyson, Lord (1809 - 1892), no title, appears in Poems, in The Lotos-Eaters, in Choric Song, no. 1, first published 1832

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Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 11
Word count: 83

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