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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]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2008-02-28
Line count: 16
Word count: 109

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