by George Gordon Noel Byron, Lord Byron (1788 - 1824)
Translation by Franz Theremin (1780 - 1846)
Oh! snatched away in beauty's bloom
Language: English
Oh! snatched away in beauty's bloom, On thee shall press no ponderous tomb; But on thy turf shall roses rear Their leaves, the earliest of the year; And the wild cypress wave in tender gloom: And oft by yon blue gushing stream Shall sorrow lean her drooping head, And feed deep thought with many a dream, And lingering pause and lightly tread; Fond wretch! as if her step disturbed the dead! Away! we know that tears are vain, That death nor heeds nor hears distress: Will this unteach us to complain? Or make one mourner weep the less? And thou -- who tell'st me to forget, Thy looks are wan, thine eyes are wet.
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Authorship:
- by George Gordon Noel Byron, Lord Byron (1788 - 1824), "Oh! snatched away in beauty's bloom", appears in Hebrew Melodies, no. 8 [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 George Vincent Duval , "Oh! snatched away in beauty's bloom", published 1830? [ high voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Horton Harris (b. 1938), "Oh! snatched away in beauty's bloom", 1961 [ voice and piano ], from Three Byron Songs [sung text not yet checked]
- by Colin McAlpin (1870 - 1942), "Elegy", published 1905 [ voice and piano ], from Ten songs [sung text not yet checked]
- by James Nary , "Oh! snatched away in beauty's bloom", published 1876 [ voice and piano ], from Lord Byron's Hebrew Melodies [sung text not yet checked]
- by Isaac Nathan (1790 - 1864), "Oh! snatched away in beauty's bloom", published 1815, from A Selection of Hebrew Melodies No. I, no. 8 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Robert Owens (1925 - 2017), "Oh! snatched away in beauty's bloom" [ tenor and piano ], from Stanzas for Music, no. 3 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Bryceson Treharne (1879 - 1948), "Oh! snatched away in beauty's bloom", published 1926 [ SSA chorus and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Wilkins , "Oh! snatched away in beauty's bloom", published c1846 [ SATTB chorus and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Grace Mary Williams (1906 - 1977), "O snatched away in beauty's bloom", 1933 [ tenor and orchestra or piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:
- Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by Franz Theremin (1780 - 1846) , "Todtenklage", appears in Hebräische Gesänge, first published 1820 ; composed by Heinrich Bellermann, Carl Loewe.
- Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by Adolf Böttger (1815 - 1870) , "O du! im Schönheitsglanz gepflückt", appears in Hebräische Melodien, no. 8, first published 1841 ; composed by Karl Müller.
Other available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- FRE French (Français) (Alexis Paulin Pâris) , "O toi, qui nous es ravie dans la fleur de la beauté", appears in Mélodies hébraïques, no. 8
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website: 2004-05-08
Line count: 16
Word count: 113
Du in der Schönheit strahlendem Schein
Language: German (Deutsch) after the English
Du in der Schönheit strahlendem Schein Entschwundene, dich drücke kein lastender Stein! Es soll'n auf deines Hügels Grün Des Jahres frühste Rosen blühn, Und sanften Schatten die Zypressen streun. Und bei dem Strom, der dort die Fluren tränkt, Wird von der Trauer deine Gruft bewacht. In Träume, in Gedanken tief versenkt, Weilt sie so lange, schreitet sie so sacht, Als störe sie die Ruhe deiner Nacht. "Hinweg! vergeblich ist der Schmerz, Den Tod erweicht nicht deine Qual!" Ach, wird dadurch geheilt das Herz, Geringer der Betrübten Zahl? Du selbst, der dies mir zuruft -- naß Ist ja dein Aug', und deine Wange blaß.
About the headline (FAQ)
Authorship:
- by Franz Theremin (1780 - 1846), "Todtenklage", appears in Hebräische Gesänge, first published 1820 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
Based on:
- a text in English by George Gordon Noel Byron, Lord Byron (1788 - 1824), "Oh! snatched away in beauty's bloom", appears in Hebrew Melodies, no. 8
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by (Johann Gottfried) Heinrich Bellermann (1832 - 1903), "Du in der Schönheit strahlenden Schein", op. 10 (Sechs Lieder) no. 6, published 1866 [ voice and piano ], Berlin, Trautwein [sung text not yet checked]
- by Carl Loewe (1796 - 1869), "Totenklage", op. 4 (Hebräische Gesänge) no. 5 (1823) [sung text checked 1 time]
Researcher for this text: Thomas Jaenicke
This text was added to the website: 2004-07-05
Line count: 16
Word count: 102