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by Alfred Tennyson, Lord (1809 - 1892)

Far‑Far‑Away
Language: English 
What sight so lured him thro' the fields he knew 
As where earth's green stole into heaven's own hue, 
Far - far - away? 

What sound was dearest in his native dells? 
The mellow lin-lan-lone of evening bells
Far - far - away? 

What vague world whisper, mystic pain or joy, 
Thro' those three words would haunt him when a boy, 
Far - far - away?

A whisper from his dawn of life? A breath
From some fair dawn beyond the doors of death 
Far - far - away?

Far, far, how far? From o'er the gates of birth, 
The faint horizons, all the bounds of earth,
Far - far - away? 

What charm in words, a charm no words could give? 
O dying words, can Music make you live
Far - far - away?

Text Authorship:

  • by Alfred Tennyson, Lord (1809 - 1892), "Far-Far-Away", appears in Demeter and Other Poems, first published 1889 [author's text not yet checked 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 Alfred Cellier (1844 - 1891), "Far-Far-Away", published 1890 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Carlo Alfredo Piatti (1822 - 1901), "Far-Far-Away", published 1891 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
  • by John Theodore Livingston Raynor (1909 - 1970), "Far-Far-Away", op. 117 (1946) [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Ned Rorem (1923 - 2022), "Far-Far-Away", published 1969 [ medium-high voice and piano ], from Four Poems of Tennyson [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by L. C. Wallich , "Far, far away", <<1892 [sung text not yet checked]

Researcher for this page: John Versmoren

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 18
Word count: 123

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