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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.
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 against a primary source]
- by Nicolas Flagello (b. 1928), "The eagle", published 1964 [bass-baritone and chamber orchestra], from The Land [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
- by George Alfred Grant-Schaefer (1872 - 1939), "The eagle", published 1909 [voice and piano] [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
- by Ivor (Bertie) Gurney (1890 - 1937), "The eagle", 1919 [voice and piano] [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
- by Jacob Heymann , "The eagle", published <<1940 [voice and piano] [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
- 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 against a primary source]
- by Edward Alexander MacDowell (1860 - 1908), "The eagle", 1888, published 1894, from Four Little Poems [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
- by Peter Russell Naylor (b. 1933), "The eagle", 1970 [tenor or baritone and piano], from Bird Songs [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
- by Seneca Pierce , "The eagle", published <<1940 [voice and piano] [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
- by James Walter Wilson (b. 1922), "The eagle", 1966, first performed 1967 [mezzo-soprano and piano], from Three Birds [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
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- 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
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This text was added to the website: 2008-01-09
Line count: 6
Word count: 39
Er umklammert das Kliff mit Klauenhänden; Der Sonne nah in seinem einsamen Reich, umgeben von einer azurnen Aureole, ragt er auf. Die gekräuselte See tief unter ihm brodelt; Er späht hinunter von den steilen Wänden, und schießt hinab gleich eines Blitzes Strahl.
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- Translation from English to German (Deutsch) copyright © 2008 by Linda Godry, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you may ask the copyright-holder(s) directly or ask us; we are authorized to grant permission on their behalf. Please provide the translator's name when contacting us.
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Based on:
- a text in English by Alfred Tennyson, Lord (1809 - 1892), "The eagle", from Poems, first published 1851
This text was added to the website: 2008-07-20
Line count: 6
Word count: 42