by Alfred Tennyson, Lord (1809 - 1892)
Light, so low upon earth
Language: English
Light, so low upon earth, - You send a flash to the sun. Here is the golden close of love, All my wooing is done. - O the woods and the meadows, Woods where we hid from the wet, Stiles where we stayed to be kind, Meadows in which we met! Light, so low in the vale, You flash and lighten afar; For this is the golden morning of love, And you are his morning star. Flash! I am coming, I come, By meadow and stile and wood: O lighten into my eyes and heart, Into my heart and my blood! Heart are you great enough For a love that never tires? O heart are you great enough for love? I have heard of thorns and briers. Over the thorns and briers, Over the meadows and stiles, Over the world to the end of it Flash for a million miles! Over the thorns and briers, Over the meadows and stiles, Over the world to the end of it Flash for a million miles!
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Text Authorship:
- by Alfred Tennyson, Lord (1809 - 1892), no title, appears in The Windows, or The Loves of the Wrens, no. 12, first published 1867, rev. 1871 [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 Sullivan, Sir (1842 - 1900), "Marriage morning", published 1871 [voice and piano], from The Window, or The Songs of the Wrens, no. 11. [text not verified]
- by Sidney Thomson , "Marriage morning", published 1893 [voice and piano], from The Window or the Song of the Wrens [text not verified]
- by Richard Henry Walthew (1872 - 1951), "Marriage morning", published 1898. [voice and piano] [text not verified]
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This text was added to the website: 2009-03-22
Line count: 28
Word count: 171