by Matthew Arnold (1822 - 1888)
My pent‑up tears oppress my brain
Language: English
My pent-up tears oppress my brain, My heart is swol'n with love unsaid; Ah! let me weep and tell my pain And on thy shoulder rest my head! Before I die, before the soul, Which now is mine, must re-attain Immunity from my control And wander, wander round the world again; Before this teased, o'er-laboured heart forever leaves its vain employ, Dead to its deep habitual smart And dead to hopes of future joy.
Text Authorship:
- by Matthew Arnold (1822 - 1888) [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 Frank Bridge (1879 - 1941), "My pent-up tears oppress my brain", 1906, published 1982 [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
Researcher for this page: Ted Perry
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