by George Meredith (1828 - 1909)
To a skylark
Language: English
O skylark! I see thee and call thee joy! Thy wings bear thee up to the breast of the dawn; I see thee no more, but thy song is still The tongue of the heavens to me! Thus are the days when I was a boy; Sweet while I lived in them, dear now they're gone: I feel them no longer, but still, O still They tell of the heavens to me.
Text Authorship:
- by George Meredith (1828 - 1909), "To a skylark", appears in 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 (William Herbert) Mervyn Roberts (1906 - 1990), "To a skylark", published 1950. [TTBB chorus a cappella] [text not verified]
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This text was added to the website: 2009-01-13
Line count: 8
Word count: 73