by Alfred Tennyson, Lord (1809 - 1892)
Now sleeps the crimson petal See original
Language: English
Now sleeps the crimson petal, now the white;
Nor waves the cypress in the palace walk;
Nor winks the gold fin in the porphyry font:
The fire-fly wakens: waken thou with me.
Now droops the milk-white peacock like a ghost,
And like a ghost she glimmers on to me.
Now lies the earth all Danaë to the stars,
And all thy heart lies open unto me.
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Composition:
- Set to music by Gustav Holst (1874 - 1934), "Now sleeps the crimson petal ", op. 20a no. 6, H. 80 no. 6, lines 1-8 [ chorus ], from Songs from The Princess, no. 6
Text Authorship:
- by Alfred Tennyson, Lord (1809 - 1892), no title, written c1847, appears in The Princess, first published 1847
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Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , copyright © 2024, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- SPA Spanish (Español) (José Miguel Llata) , copyright © 2020, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Research team for this page: Ted Perry , Garrett Medlock [Guest Editor]
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 14
Word count: 117