by Bryan Waller Procter (1787 - 1874), as Barry Cornwall
Dawn, gentle flower
Language: English
Dawn, gentle flower, From the morning earth; We will gaze and wonder At thy wondrous birth! Bloom, gentle flower! Lover of the light, Sought by wind and shower, Fondled by the night! Fade, gentle flower! All thy white leaves close; Having shewn thy beauty, Time 't is for repose. Die, gentle flower, In the silent sun! So, -- all pangs are over, All thy tasks are done! Day hath no more glory, Though he soars so high; Thine is all man's story, Live, -- and love, -- and die!
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Confirmed with Englischer Liederschatz aus Englischen und Amerikanischen Dichtern, ed. by Karl Elze, Dessau, Druck und Verlag von Moritz Katz, 1851, pages 115-116.
Text Authorship:
- by Bryan Waller Procter (1787 - 1874), as Barry Cornwall, "To a flower" [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by William Sterndale Bennett (1816 - 1875), "Dawn, gentle flower", op. 36 (Sechs Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 3, published 1856 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Kistner, also set in German (Deutsch) [sung text checked 1 time]
Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:
- Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by Karl Klingemann (1798 - 1862) ; composed by William Sterndale Bennett.
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This text was added to the website: 2016-06-03
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