by Alfred Tennyson, Lord (1809 - 1892)

Language: English 
  The time draws near the birth of Christ:
    The moon is hid; the night is still;
    The Christmas bells from hill to hill
Answer each other in the mist.

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Note: some of the below composers whose scores have not yet been checked may in fact be settings of Canto 104.

Composition:

    Set to music by Ernst Bacon (1898 - 1990), "Christmas Eve", 1970-4, published 1974, stanza 1 [ voice and piano ]

Text Authorship:

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This text was added to the website: 2009-01-11
Line count: 20
Word count: 139