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]
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