by William Wordsworth (1770 - 1850)

Earth fills her lap with pleasures of her own
 (Sung text for setting by G. Finzi)
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Language: English 
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Earth fills her lap with pleasures of her own;
Yearnings she hath in her own natural kind,
And, even with something of a mother's mind
            And no unworthy aim, 
        The homely nurse doth all she can
To make her foster-child, her inmate, Man,
            Forget the glories he hath known,
And that imperial palace whence he came.

Composition:

    Set to music by Gerald Finzi (1901 - 1956), "Earth fills her lap with pleasures of her own", op. 29 no. 6, stanza 6 [ tenor, chorus, and orchestra ], from Intimations of Immortality, no. 6

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