by George MacDonald (1824 - 1905)
Rest is now filled full of beauty
Language: English
Rest is now filled full of beauty, And can give thee up, I ween; Come thou forth, for other duty Motion pineth for her queen. "Or, if needing years to wake thee From thy slumbrous solitudes, Come, sleep-walking, and betake thee To the friendly, sleeping woods. Sweeter dreams are in the forest, Round thee storms would never rave; And when need of rest is sorest, Glide thou then into thy cave. "Or, if still thou choosest rather Marble, be its spell on me; Let thy slumber round me gather, Let another dream with thee!
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- by George MacDonald (1824 - 1905), no title, appears in Phantastes: A Faerie Romance for Men and Women, Chapter 5 [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 Gustav Holst (1874 - 1934), "Song to the Sleeping Lady", 1897 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
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This text was added to the website: 2022-01-24
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