by Algernon Charles Swinburne (1837 - 1909)
The little eyes that never knew
Language: English
The little eyes that never knew Light other than of dawning skies, What new life now lights up anew The little eyes ? Who knows but on their sleep may rise Such light as never heaven let through To lighten earth from Paradise ? No storm, we know, may change the blue Soft heaven that haply death descries No tears, like these in ours, bedew The little eyes.
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Text Authorship:
- by Algernon Charles Swinburne (1837 - 1909), no title, appears in A Century of Roundels, in A Baby's Death, no. 4 [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 Edward Elgar, Sir (1857 - 1934), "Rondel", 1897, first performed 1897 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
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Line count: 11
Word count: 66