by Mary Coleridge (1861 - 1907)
Where she lies asleep Matches original text
Language: English
She sleeps so lightly, that in trembling fear Beside her, where she lies asleep, I kneel, The rush of thought and supplication staying, Lest by some inward sense she see and hear, If I too clearly think, too loudly feel, And break her rest by praying.
Composition:
- Set to music by Frank Bridge (1879 - 1941), "Where she lies asleep", 1914, published 1916 [ voice and piano or orchestra ], from Two Songs [1914/1916], no. 1
Text Authorship:
- by Mary Coleridge (1861 - 1907), "Hush", appears in Poems, no. 187, first published 1907
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