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by Alfred Tennyson, Lord (1809 - 1892)

The eagle
Language: English 
Our translations:  GER
He clasps the crag with crooked hands;
Close to the sun in lonely lands,
Ring'd with the azure world, he stands.

The wrinkled sea beneath him crawls;
He watches from his mountain walls,
And like a thunderbolt he falls.

Text Authorship:

  • by Alfred Tennyson, Lord (1809 - 1892), "The eagle", from Poems, first published 1851 [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 Carl Reinhold Busch (1862 - 1943), "The eagle", published <<1940 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Nicolas Flagello (b. 1928), "The eagle", published 1964 [ bass-baritone and chamber orchestra ], from The Land [sung text not yet checked]
  • by George Alfred Grant-Schaefer (1872 - 1939), "The eagle", published 1909 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Ivor (Bertie) Gurney (1890 - 1937), "The eagle", 1919 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Jacob Heymann , "The eagle", published <<1940 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Gordon Percival Septimus Jacob (1895 - 1984), "The eagle", published 1963 [ unison SS chorus and piano ], from The Cheerful Birds [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Edward Alexander MacDowell (1860 - 1908), "The eagle", 1888, published 1894, from Four Little Poems  [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Peter Russell Naylor (b. 1933), "The eagle", 1970 [ tenor or baritone and piano ], from Bird Songs [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Seneca Pierce , "The eagle", published <<1940 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
  • by James Walter Wilson (b. 1922), "The eagle", 1966, first performed 1967 [ mezzo-soprano and piano ], from Three Birds [sung text not yet checked]

Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:

  • Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist ; composed by Heinrich Zöllner.
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Other available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

  • GER German (Deutsch) (Linda Godry) , "Der Seeadler", copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2008-01-09
Line count: 6
Word count: 39

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