by Alfred Tennyson, Lord (1809 - 1892)
There is sweet music Matches original text
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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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 11
Word count: 84