by Mary Coleridge (1861 - 1907)
Egypt's might is tumbled down
Language: English
Egypt's might is tumbled down Down a-down the deeps of thought; Greece is fallen and Troy town, Glorious Rome hath lost her crown, Venice' pride is nought. But the dreams their children dreamed Fleeting, unsubstantial, vain, Shadowy as the shadows seemed, Airy nothing, as they deemed, These remain.
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Text Authorship:
- by Mary Coleridge (1861 - 1907), no title, appears in Poems, no. 121, 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 Christopher Kaye Le Fleming (b. 1908), "Egypt's might is tumbled down", published 1949 [ mezzo-soprano or baritone and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
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This text was added to the website: 2009-02-04
Line count: 10
Word count: 48