by Percy Bysshe Shelley (1792 - 1822)
O gentle Moon, the voice of thy delight
Language: English
O gentle Moon, the voice of thy delight
Falls on me like thy clear and tender light
Soothing the seaman borne the summer night
Through isles forever calm;
O gentle Moon, thy crystal accents pierce
The caverns of my pride's deep universe,
Charming the tiger joy, whose tramplings fierce
Made wounds which need thy balm.
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Text Authorship:
- by Percy Bysshe Shelley (1792 - 1822), no title, appears in Prometheus Unbound, lines 495-502 [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 Benjamin Burrows (1891 - 1966), "O gentle Moon", published 1917 [ voice and piano ], from Three Songs, no. 1 [sung text not yet checked]
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This text was added to the website: 2022-01-05
Line count: 8
Word count: 55