by Alfred Tennyson, Lord (1809 - 1892)
Language: English
Our translations: GER
He clasps the crag with crooked hands; Close to the sun in lonely lands, Ring'd with the azure world, he stands. The wrinkled sea beneath him crawls; He watches from his mountain walls, And like a thunderbolt he falls.
Composition:
- Set to music by Sheena Phillips (b. 1958), "Eagle", subtitle: "canon", copyright © 2018 [ voices ], from Bird rounds, no. 4
Score: Canasg music [external link]
Text Authorship:
- by Alfred Tennyson, Lord (1809 - 1892), "The eagle", from Poems, first published 1851
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Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- GER German (Deutsch) (Linda Godry) , "Der Seeadler", copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website: 2008-01-09
Line count: 6
Word count: 39