by Mary Coleridge (1861 - 1907)
She sleeps so lightly, that in trembling...
Language: English
She sleeps so lightly, that in trembling fear Beside her, where she lies asleep, I kneel, The rush of thought and supplication staying, Lest by some inward sense she see and hear, If I too clearly think, too loudly feel, And break her rest by praying.
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Text Authorship:
- by Mary Coleridge (1861 - 1907), "Hush", appears in Poems, no. 187, first published 1907 [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 Frank Bridge (1879 - 1941), "Where she lies asleep", 1914, published 1916 [ voice and piano or orchestra ], from Two Songs [1914/1916], no. 1 [sung text checked 1 time]
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