by Alfred Tennyson, Lord (1809 - 1892)
Thy voice is heard thro' rolling drums
Language: English
Thy voice is heard thro' rolling drums That beat to battle where he stands; Thy face across his fancy comes, And gives the battle to his hands: A moment, while the trumpets blow, He sees his brood about thy knee; The next, like fire he meets the foe, And strikes him dead for thine and thee.
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Confirmed with Gems from Tennyson, Boston: Ticknor and Fields, 1866, page 130
Text Authorship:
- by Alfred Tennyson, Lord (1809 - 1892), no title, appears in The Princess, first published 1850 [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 Frances Allitsen (1848 - 1912), "Thy voice is heard thro' rolling drums", published 1889 [ voice and piano ], from Six Songs, no. 6, London : E. Ascherberg & Co. [sung text not yet checked]
- by Sidney Homer (1864 - 1953), "Thy voice is heard thro' rolling drums", op. 7 no. 2 [sung text not yet checked]
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This text was added to the website: 2007-06-14
Line count: 8
Word count: 56