by Alfred Tennyson, Lord (1809 - 1892)
When on my bed the moonlight falls
Language: English
When on my bed the moonlight falls, I know that in thy place of rest By that broad water of the west, There comes a glory on the walls; Thy marble bright in dark appears, As slowly steals a silver flame Along the letters of thy name, And o'er the number of thy years. The mystic glory swims away; From off my bed the moonlight dies; And closing eaves of wearied eyes I sleep till dusk is dipt in gray: And then I know the mist is drawn A lucid veil from coast to coast, And in the dark church like a ghost Thy tablet glimmers to the dawn.
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Text Authorship:
- by Alfred Tennyson, Lord (1809 - 1892), no title, appears in In Memoriam A. H. H. obiit MDCCCXXXIII, no. 67, 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 Huub de Lange (b. 1955), "A moonlit elegy", published 2006 [ SATB chorus a cappella ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Liza Lehmann (1862 - 1918), "When on my bed the moonlight falls", 1899 [ voice and piano ], from In Memoriam, no. 6 [sung text not yet checked]
- by J. Lisbert , "When on my bed the moonlight falls", <<1892 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Charles Villiers Stanford, Sir (1852 - 1924), "The vision", op. 112 (Four songs) no. 4, published 1908 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
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This text was added to the website: 2008-02-28
Line count: 16
Word count: 109