by Alfred Tennyson, Lord (1809 - 1892)
Come into the garden, Maud See original
Language: English
1.
Come into the garden, Maud,
For the black bat, night, has flown,
Come into the garden, Maud,
I am here at the gate alone;
And the woodbine spices are wafted abroad,
And the musk of the roses blown.
2.
For a breeze of morning moves,
And the planet of Love is on high,
Beginning to faint in the light that she loves
On a bed of daffodil sky,
To faint in the light of the sun she loves.
To faint in his light, and to die.
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Composition:
- Set to music by Otto Dresel (1826 - 1890), "Come into the garden, Maud", 1858?, published 1858, stanzas 1-2
Text Authorship:
- by Alfred Tennyson, Lord (1809 - 1892), no title, appears in Maud, Part 1, no. 22, first published 1855
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Line count: 85
Word count: 524