by Alfred Tennyson, Lord (1809 - 1892)
Wild bird, whose warble, liquid sweet
Language: English
Wild bird, whose warble, liquid sweet, Rings Eden thro' the budded quicks, O tell me where the senses mix, O tell me where the passions meet, Whence radiate: fierce extremes employ Thy spirits in the darkening leaf, And in the midmost heart of grief Thy passion clasps a secret joy: And I -- my harp would prelude woe -- I cannot all command the strings; The glory of the sum of things Will flash along the chords and go.
L. Lehmann sets stanzas 1-2
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Text Authorship:
- by Alfred Tennyson, Lord (1809 - 1892), written 1849, appears in In Memoriam A. H. H. obiit MDCCCXXXIII, no. 88, first published 1850 [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 Marjorie Eastwood Dudley , "Wild bird", published <<1929 [ medium voice and piano ], from Two songs [sung text not yet checked]
- by Alfred M. Greenfield , "Wild bird", published <<1940 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Liza Lehmann (1862 - 1918), "Wild bird, whose warble, liquid sweet", 1899, stanzas 1-2 [ voice and piano ], from In Memoriam, no. 9 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Humphrey Procter-Gregg (1895 - 1980), "Wild bird" [ voice and piano ], first version [sung text not yet checked]
- by Humphrey Procter-Gregg (1895 - 1980), "Wild bird " [ voice and piano ], second version [sung text not yet checked]
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This text was added to the website: 2009-01-11
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Word count: 77