Calm is the morn without a sound,
Calm as to suit a calmer grief,
And only thro' the faded leaf
The chestnut pattering to the ground:
Calm and deep peace on this high wold
And on these dews that drench the furze,
And all the silvery gossamers
That twinkle into green and gold:
Calm and still light on yon great plain
That sweeps with all its autumn bowers,
And crowded farms and lessening towers,
To mingle with the bounding main:
Calm and deep peace in this wide air,
These leaves that redden to the fall;
And in my heart, if calm at all,
If any calm, a calm despair:
Calm on the seas, and silver sleep,
And waves that sway themselves in rest,
And dead calm in that noble breast
Which heaves but in the heaving deep.
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Text Authorship:
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by John Blockley (1800 - 1882), "Calm is the morn", <<1892 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Jonathan Dove (b. 1959), "Calm is the morn", 2017 [ tenor and piano ], from Under Alter'd Skies, no. 2, confirmed with a concert programme booklet [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Henry Ernest Geehl (1881 - 1957?), "Calm is the morn", published 1921 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Gustav Holst (1874 - 1934), "Calm is the morn", op. 16 no. 1 (1903), first performed 1904 [ soprano and piano ], from Six Songs, no. 1 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by William Brocklesby Wordsworth (1908 - 1988), "Autumn", 1971, first performed 1971 [ ATBB chorus and piano ], from Four Seasonal Songs [sung text not yet checked]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CHI Chinese (中文) [singable] (Dr Huaixing Wang) , copyright © 2024, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Researcher for this page: Geoffrey Wieting
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 20
Word count: 137
平静是无声的早上，
以适应悲伤更静谧，
只透过褪色的叶子
栗子掉在地上作响：
高地上静深的和平
浸湿荆豆的露珠上，
还有游丝银色闪亮
翠绿金黄闪烁不停：
大平原明亮而静寂
掠过那秋天的凉亭，
塔楼渐小农场挤拥，
与广阔的天空一体：
太空平和静而深长，
叶儿秋天就会变红；
如果心里还能平静，
如有平静，就是绝望：
海面平静，银之睡眠，
还有静时摇曳波浪，
高贵胸中平静死样
起伏在起伏的深渊。