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by William Wordsworth (1770 - 1850)

The Rainbow comes and goes
 (Sung text for setting by G. Finzi)
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Language: English 
 ... 

        The rainbow comes and goes, 
        And lovely is the rose;
        The moon doth with delight
    Look round her when the heavens are bare;
        Waters on a starry night
        Are beautiful and fair; 
    The sunshine is a glorious birth;
    But yet I know, where'er I go,
That there hath pass'd away a glory from the earth.

Composition:

    Set to music by Gerald Finzi (1901 - 1956), "The Rainbow comes and goes", op. 29 no. 2, stanza 2 [ tenor, chorus, and orchestra ], from Intimations of Immortality, no. 2

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
Line count: 207
Word count: 1398

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