by Elizabeth Barrett Browning (1806 - 1861)
Softly, finely, it inwound me
Language: English
Softly, finely, it inwound me -- From the world it shut me in, -- Like a fountain falling round me, Which with silver waters thin Clips a little water Naiad sitting smilingly within.
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Text Authorship:
- by Elizabeth Barrett Browning (1806 - 1861), no title, appears in The Lost Bower, stanza 36, first published 1844 [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 Gordon Ware Binkerd (1916 - 2003), "The lost bower", published 1976 [SATB chorus a cappella], from Two Browning Choruses, Oceanside : Boosey & Hawkes [text not verified]
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This text was added to the website: 2010-04-29
Line count: 5
Word count: 32