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by William Wordsworth (1770 - 1850)

And O, ye Fountains, Meadows, Hills, and Groves
 (Sung text for setting by G. Finzi)
 See original
Language: English 
 ... 

And, O ye Fountains, Meadows, Hills, and Groves,
Forbode not any severing of our loves!
Yet in my heart of hearts I feel your might;
I only have relinquish'd one delight
To live beneath your more habitual sway:
I love the brooks which down their channels fret
Even more than when I tripp'd lightly as they;
The innocent brightness of a new-born day
            Is lovely yet;
The clouds that gather round the setting sun
Do take a sober colouring from an eye
That hath kept watch o'er man's mortality;
Another race hath been, and other palms are won.
Thanks to the human heart by which we live,
Thanks to its tenderness, its joys and fears,
To me the meanest flower that blows can give
Thoughts that do often lie too deep for tears.

Composition:

    Set to music by Gerald Finzi (1901 - 1956), "And O, ye Fountains, Meadows, Hills, and Groves", op. 29 no. 11, stanza 11 [ tenor, chorus, and orchestra ], from Intimations of Immortality, no. 11

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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