by Christina Georgina Rossetti (1830 - 1894)
She sat and sang alway
Language: English
She sat and sang alway By the green margin of a stream, Watching the fishes leap and play Beneath the glad sunbeam. I sat and wept alway Beneath the moon's most shadowy beam, Watching the blossoms of the May Weep leaves into the stream. I wept for memory; She sang for hope that is so fair: My tears were swallowed by the sea; Her songs died on the air.
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Text Authorship:
- by Christina Georgina Rossetti (1830 - 1894), "Song", appears in Goblin Market and other Poems, first published 1862 [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 Henry Clough-Leighter (1874 - 1956), "Her songs - my tears", op. 60 (Two Rossetti Lyrics) no. 1, note: this may be the wrong text for this title [sung text not yet checked]
- by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor (1875 - 1912), "She sat and sang alway", op. 57 no. 4 (1904), published 1904 [ alto and piano ], from Six Sorrow Songs, no. 4 [sung text checked 1 time]
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This text was added to the website: 2007-09-30
Line count: 12
Word count: 69