by Thomas Lovell Beddoes (1803 - 1849)
We do lie beneath the grass
Language: English
We do lie beneath the grass In the moonlight, in the shade Of the yew-tree. They that pass Hear us not. We are afraid They would envy our delight, In our graves by glow-worm night. Come follow us, and smile as we; We sail to the rock in the ancient waves, Where the snow falls by thousands into the sea, And the drown'd and the shipwreck'd have happy graves.
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Text Authorship:
- by Thomas Lovell Beddoes (1803 - 1849), no title, appears in Death's Jest Book or The Fool's Tragedy, IV.  [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 Jeremy Dale Roberts (b. 1934), "Song", 1954 [ high voice and piano ], from Beautiful Lie the Dead, no. 1 [sung text not yet checked]
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This text was added to the website: 2010-01-23
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Word count: 70