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by Christina Georgina Rossetti (1830 - 1894)

She sat and sang alway
 (Sung text for setting by S. Coleridge-Taylor)
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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.

Composition:

    Set to music 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

Text Authorship:

  • by Christina Georgina Rossetti (1830 - 1894), "Song", appears in Goblin Market and other Poems, first published 1862

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Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2007-09-30
Line count: 12
Word count: 69

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