by William Wordsworth (1770 - 1850)
Ye blessed Creatures, I have heard the call See original
Language: English
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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