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by Alfred Tennyson, Lord (1809 - 1892)

Come into the garden, Maud
 (Sung text for setting by O. Dresel)
 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.

 ... 

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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Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 85
Word count: 535

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