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by William Wordsworth (1770 - 1850)

In Remembrance Of Schubert
Language: English 
O glide, fair stream! For ever so,
Thy quiet soul on all bestowing,
Till all our minds for ever flow
As thy deep waters now are flowing.
Vain thought! -- Yet be as now thou art,
That in thy waters may be seen
The image of a poet's heart,
How bright, how solemn, how serene!
Now let us, as we float along,
For him suspend the dashing oar;
And pray that never child of song
May know that Poet's sorrows more.
How calm! how still! the only sound,
The dripping of the oar suspended!

Text Authorship:

  • by William Wordsworth (1770 - 1850) [author's text not yet checked 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 Dominick Argento (1927 - 2019), "In Remembrance Of Schubert", 1973 [soprano or tenor, clarinet or bass clarinet, and piano], from To be sung upon the water, no. 5. [ sung text checked 1 time]

Researcher for this page: Ton van der Steenhoven

This text was added to the website: 2009-12-20
Line count: 14
Word count: 93

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