by Alfred Tennyson, Lord (1809 - 1892)
A mighty matter I rehearse
Language: English
A mighty matter I rehearse, A mighty matter undescried; Come listen all who can. I am the spirit of a man, I weave the universe, And indivisible divide, Creating all I hear and see. All souls are centers: I am one, I am the earth, the stars, the sun, I am the clouds, the sea.
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Text Authorship:
- by Alfred Tennyson, Lord (1809 - 1892), written 1829, from "The Idealist" [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 Augusta Read Thomas (b. 1964), "A mighty matter I rehearse", 2000, first performed 2000 [soprano, large SATB chorus, and orchestra], from Ring out, wild bells, to the wild sky, no. 5. [text verified 1 time]
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This text was added to the website: 2010-07-19
Line count: 10
Word count: 55