by Alfred Tennyson, Lord (1809 - 1892)
O let the solid ground
Language: English
1. O let the solid ground Not fail beneath my feet Before my life has found What some have found so sweet; Then let come what come may, What matter if I go mad, I shall have had my day. 2. Let the sweet heavens endure, Not close and darken above me Before I am quite quite sure That there is one to love me; Then let come what come may To a life that has been so sad, I shall have had my day.
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Confirmed with Maud, and Other Poems. By Alfred Tennyson, D.C.L., Poet Laureate. A New Edition, London: Edward Moxon & Co., Dover Street, 1859.
Text Authorship:
- by Alfred Tennyson, Lord (1809 - 1892), no title, appears in Maud, Part 1, no. 11 [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 Arthur Somervell, Sir (1863 - 1937), "O let the solid ground", published 1898 [ voice and piano ], from Cycle of Songs from Tennyson's Maud, no. 4, London: Boosey & Hawkes [sung text checked 1 time]
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Word count: 83