by Alfred Tennyson, Lord (1809 - 1892)
Here often when a child I lay reclined
Language: English
Here often when a child I lay reclined: I took delight in this fair strand and free: Here stood the infant Illion of my mind, And here the Grecian ships all seemed to be, And here again I come and only find The drain-cut level of the marshy lea, Gray sand-banks and pale sunsets, dreary wind, Dim shores, dense rains, and heavy-clouded sea. Yet though perchance no tract of earth have more Unlikeness to the fair Ionian plain, I love the place that I have loved before, I love the rolling cloud, the flying rain, The brown sea lapsing back with sullen roar, To travel leagues before he comes again, The misty desert of the houseless shore, The phantom-circle of the moaning main.
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First published in The Manchester Athenæum Album, 1850Text Authorship:
- by Alfred Tennyson, Lord (1809 - 1892), no title [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 Max Heinrich (1853 - 1916), "Here often, when a child, I lay reclined", published 1904. [voice and piano] [text not verified]
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This text was added to the website: 2010-01-30
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