by Alfred Tennyson, Lord (1809 - 1892)
Language: English
Who loves not Knowledge? Who shall rail
Against her beauty? ... Let her work prevail.
But on her forehead sits a fire:
...
Half-grown as yet, a child, and vain --
She cannot fight the fear of death.
What is she, cut from love and faith,
But some wild Pallas from the brain
Of Demons? ...
...
Composition:
- Set to music by Liza Lehmann (1862 - 1918), no title, 1899, stanzas 1-4 [ voice and piano ], from In Memoriam, no. 12
Text Authorship:
- by Alfred Tennyson, Lord (1809 - 1892), no title, written 1849, appears in In Memoriam A. H. H. obiit MDCCCXXXIII, no. 114, first published 1850
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This text was added to the website: 2009-01-12
Line count: 28
Word count: 185