by William Wordsworth (1770 - 1850)

There was a time when meadow, grove, and stream
 (Sung text for setting by G. Finzi)
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Language: English 
There was a time when meadow, grove, and stream,
The earth, and every common sight,
            To me did seem
        Apparell'd in celestial light,
The glory and the freshness of a dream.      
It is not now as it hath been of yore; -- 
        Turn wheresoe'er I may,
            By night or day,
The things which I have seen I now can see no more.

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Composition:

    Set to music by Gerald Finzi (1901 - 1956), "There was a time when meadow, grove, and stream", op. 29 no. 1, stanza 1 [ tenor, chorus, and orchestra ], from Intimations of Immortality, no. 1

Text Authorship:

  • by William Wordsworth (1770 - 1850), "Ode on Intimations of Immortality from Recollections of Early Childhood"

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Researcher for this page: Ahmed E. Ismail

This text was added to the website: 2005-12-31
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Word count: 1398