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by William Wordsworth (1770 - 1850)

Ye blessed Creatures, I have heard the call
 (Sung text for setting by G. Finzi)
 See original
Language: English 
 ... 

Ye blessed creatures, I have heard the call
    Ye to each other make; I see
The heavens laugh with you in your jubilee;
    My heart is at your festival,
    My head hath its coronal, 
The fullness of your bliss, I feel -- I feel it all.
        O evil day! if I were sullen
        While the Earth herself is adorning
            This sweet May morning;
        And the children are culling
            On every side,
        In a thousand valleys far and wide,
        Fresh flowers; while the sun shines warm,
And the babe leaps up on his mother's arm: -- 
        I hear, I hear, with joy I hear! 
         -- But there's a tree, of many, one,
A single field which I have look'd upon,
Both of them speak of something that is gone:
            The pansy at my feet
            Doth the same tale repeat: 
Whither is fled the visionary gleam?
Where is it now, the glory and the dream?

Composition:

    Set to music by Gerald Finzi (1901 - 1956), "Ye blessed Creatures, I have heard the call", op. 29 no. 4, stanza 4 [ tenor, chorus, and orchestra ], from Intimations of Immortality, no. 4

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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