by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807 - 1882)
The brooklet came from the mountain
Language: English
The brooklet came from the mountain, As sang the bard of old, Running with feet of silver Over the sands of gold! Far away in the briny ocean There rolled a turbulent wave, Now singing along the sea-beach, Now howling along the cave. And the brooklet has found the billow, Though they flowed so far apart, And has filled with its freshness and sweetness That turbulent, bitter heart!
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Text Authorship:
- by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807 - 1882), "The brooklet and the wave", appears in Birds of Passage, first published 1873 [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 Francis Boott (1813 - 1904), "The brooklet", published 1874 [ mezzo-soprano, tenor (or baritone), and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Charles Wakefield Cadman (1881 - 1946), "The brooklet came from the mountain", published 1944? [ low voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Henry J. Lautz , "The brook and the wave", published 1902, also set in German (Deutsch) [sung text not yet checked]
- by James Lynam Molloy (1837 - 1909), "The brook and the wave", published between 1858 and 1876 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Amy Ursula Parr , "The brook and the wave" [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Henry Théodore Pontet (1833 - 1902), "The brook and the wave" [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Charles P. Scott , "The brook and the wave", published 1897 [sung text not yet checked]
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This text was added to the website: 2008-06-05
Line count: 12
Word count: 69